Outcast: Second Contact
- Developer
- Appeal Studios
- Publisher
- Bigben Interactive
- Released
- 29 September 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
- UK price
- £13.39
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One
Genres: shooter , role playing rpg , adventure
Outcast: Second Contact is a complete remake of the action-adventure game developed in 1999 by Appeal for the PC. Take off on an exploration of Adelpha, an alien world as beautiful as it is dangerous, where your heroic journey places the fate of two worlds in your hands.
Best gaming PC for Outcast: Second Contact in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Outcast: Second Contact 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 Bigben Interactive 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 64bits / higher | Windows 10 64bits |
| CPU | 4th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 Processors / AMD FX® 8300 | 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processors / AMD Ryzen® 5 1400 |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | GeForce GTX670 / AMD Radeon® 7950 | GeForce GTX780 / AMD Radeon® 290 |
| Storage | 15 GB | 15 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Outcast: Second Contact?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 6th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processors / AMD Ryzen® 5 1400 and your GPU is at or above GeForce GTX780 / AMD Radeon® 290, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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