Valley: PC requirements and the PC you need

About Valley

Valley is a first-person adventure from Blue Isle Studios, set in a remote valley in the Rocky Mountains. You wear the L.E.A.F. suit, an exoskeleton that lets you run and leap at high speed, and gives you the power to give and take life from the plants and animals around you. You explore and uncover the story of a secret project hidden there. It is single player and rated PEGI 12. The makers recommend a GTX 660 or HD 7870 and 16 GB of memory, so any of our gaming PCs handles it easily.

What Valley needs

In plain words: to play at all it needs basic graphics: built-in graphics on a modern processor, or an old entry-level card, and to play it well the makers suggest basic graphics: built-in graphics on a modern processor, or an old entry-level card, with 16GB of memory.

A low-spec PC or a high-spec PC?

This is a light game: almost any of our gaming PCs will run it comfortably at high settings.

On a PC that only just meets the minimum, the game will start and play, but on low settings: simpler shadows and textures, shorter view distances and fewer frames each second, so fast moments can feel less smooth. A 1080p screen is the sensible match.

On a PC that meets or beats the recommended spec, you can turn the settings up: sharper textures, proper shadows and lighting, more detail in the distance, and a smoother picture. A stronger PC also lets you use a sharper 1440p or high-refresh screen.

Questions about Valley on PC

How we match: we compare the graphics card and the memory in each PC with the makers' spec, because those decide most of how a game runs. For very new or demanding games, ask us and we will check the processor too. More help: graphics cards explained, how much RAM, which screen.