Can I Run The Beast Inside?
Released in 2019, The Beast Inside is an action adventure game built by Illusion Ray. The game supports a single player campaign. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Over 10 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It is localised into 9 languages according to the store listing. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Metacritic places it at 74. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. There are 27 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-4160 or AMD Phenom II X4 955 |
|---|---|
| GPU | 2GB / Radeon R9 200 Series or Nvidia GeForce GTX660 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4770k or AMD Ryzen 5 equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a horror setting. Play is structured around hostile territory. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a first person view.
Why The Beast Inside is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by The Beast Inside. Nvidia GeForce GTX1060 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting The Beast Inside within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The install is small at roughly 40 GB. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Beast Inside?
The Beast Inside targets a mainstream modern PC: 2GB / Radeon R9 200 Series or Nvidia GeForce GTX660 and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce GTX1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against The Beast Inside's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Beast Inside?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 or AMD Phenom II X4 955; GPU: 2GB / Radeon R9 200 Series or Nvidia GeForce GTX660; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does The Beast Inside need?
The Beast Inside needs about 40 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Beast Inside?
The RTX 3060 runs The Beast Inside comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Beast Inside?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Beast Inside is the GPU.