Compare Revisions

11 Tears of Metal runs on PC for Windows only. Mac and Linux are not supported. The specifications below are those published for the Early Access build and may change during the Early Access period, since Paper Cult has listed further performance and stability work among its goals for the full version. The Microsoft Store build is a 3.4 GB download. The following system requirements apply to the PC version.
22  
33 Minimum Requirements
44  
55 ComponentMinimumOSWindows 10 64-bitProcessorDual Core 2.4 GHzMemory8 GB RAMGraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB VRAM)DirectXVersion 11Storage10 GB available space
66 Recommended Requirements
77  
88 ComponentRecommendedOSWindows 10 64-bitProcessorQuad Core 3.0 GHzMemory16 GB RAMGraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 Series (8 GB VRAM)DirectXVersion 11NetworkBroadband internet connectionStorage10 GB available space
99 The recommended specifications call for a broadband internet connection, which is required for online co-op play with up to four players. Single-player mode does not require an internet connection beyond initial Steam activation.
1010  
11-Linux and macOS are not officially supported. The public demo was reported to run via Steam's Proton compatibility layer and may also work on Steam Deck, but full-game compatibility has not been confirmed and Paper Cult has not published a Steam Deck verdict.
11+Linux and macOS are not officially supported. The public demo was reported to run via Steam's Proton compatibility layer. Paper Cult has since worked on handheld play directly: the August 13, 2026 patch was described as helping bring more stability on Steam Deck, and it fixed a crash in the Quarry and third boss levels specific to that hardware. No compatibility rating has been published for the game, and the studio has not claimed one.
1212  
1313 Performance Since Launch
1414  
15-Performance was one of the most-reported issues of the Early Access launch, and Paper Cult has treated it as an ongoing effort rather than a single fix. Optimisation passes landed on July 31, 2026 for Acts 1 and 2 and again on August 1, 2026, covering both Acts with Act 3 still in progress, and several rounds reduced texture resolutions to cut memory pressure. The studio has said it will keep releasing improvements as they are ready rather than holding them back for one large update.
15+Performance was one of the most-reported issues of the Early Access launch, and Paper Cult has treated it as an ongoing effort rather than a single fix. Optimisation passes landed on July 31, 2026 for Acts 1 and 2 and again on August 1, 2026, covering both Acts with Act 3 still in progress, and several rounds reduced texture resolutions to cut memory pressure. The studio has said it will keep releasing improvements as they are ready rather than holding them back for one large update. Two further passes followed in August. A hotfix on August 9, 2026 stopped the Epic Online Services overlay from initialising after players reported sudden mouse stutter, and the August 13, 2026 patch bundled crash fixes with art asset optimisation, safer release of animation data, a fix for loading pool contexts that could create race conditions, and a fix for a minimap render texture that could carry stale data into the next level.
1616  
1717 Two settings changed after launch. The default maximum framerate was lowered from 120 to 60 on July 24, 2026, still adjustable in the options, and a Drift Correction option was fixed twice, first because it was not applying and then because setting it to 1 could lock player controls.
1818  
1919 Storefront Features
2020  
2121 FeatureStatusController supportFull, including DualShock and DualSenseCloud savesSteam Cloud on Steam; cloud saves listed on the Microsoft StoreAchievements89 on Steam; achievements also listed on the Microsoft StoreFamily SharingSupported on SteamCross-platform playListed on the Microsoft Store record for multiplayer and co-opOffline playSingle-player does not require a connection beyond storefront activation
2222 Local save files on Windows sit under the user's AppData folder in a Paper Cult directory, which the studio pointed players to when it recommended backing up before staying on an older build.