Encased
- Developer
- Dark Crystal Games
- Publisher
- Prime Matter
- Released
- 07 September 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £2.64
Platforms: Linux, PC
Genres: role playing rpg , strategy , tactical , adventure , indie
Encased is a modern single player sci-fi post-apocalyptic isometric role-playing game. It’s all about exploration, adventures, and survival inside a locked up territory. It is heavily inspired by famous isometric RPGs of the late 90s and early 2000s but aims not only to repeat those essential aspects that made them golden classic but also to improve those and evolve even further. The player is a participant in a project researching the technology and artifacts of a long-gone civilization. Wonderful discoveries, mysterious artifacts, and dangerous anomalies are constant companions of this activity.
Best gaming PC for Encased in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Encased today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Prime Matter on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | WINDOWS® 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 | WINDOWS® 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 |
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-3.3 GHz or better, or AMD Equivalent | Intel® Core™ i7-3.7 GHz or better, or AMD Equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660m or AMD Radeon™ R7 260x (2GB of video memory) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB), or AMD RX 480 (8GB) |
| Storage | 20 GB | 20 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Encased?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel® Core™ i7-3.7 GHz and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB),, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.