Visage: PC requirements and the PC you need

About Visage

Visage is a psychological horror game played in first person, from SadSquare Studio. You explore a large house that keeps changing around you, uncovering the dark history of its past residents. It is slow and atmospheric, mixing homely, realistic rooms with terrifying moments, and is aimed at players who like a real scare. It is single player and works with a controller. The makers recommend a GTX 1060 or RX 480 and 8 GB of memory, so a mid-range gaming PC runs it well.

What Visage 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 a mid-range graphics card from a few years ago, with 8GB of memory.

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

The gap between the minimum and recommended spec is modest, so a mid-range gaming PC gives a good experience.

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 Visage 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.