Waking Adrift
Waking Adrift has an FPSHQ demand score of 66/100: a demanding game — RTX 4060 / RX 7600 or better for high settings at 1080p–1440p. Source of the numbers: per the system requirements on Steam.
Waking Adrift launch: what you need to know
What we know after launch: drivers, known issues, FPS on your graphics card and player discussion.
Waking Adrift launch: key dates
Dates come from official announcements; the grey dot is today, Nov 14, 2026.
The publisher has not announced the Waking Adrift unlock time by time zone yet — a city table will appear here once it does.
Can my PC run it?
The game is out: FPS on this page comes from the FPSHQ model based on official requirements; player benchmarks so far: 0.
Known issues
There is no dedicated Waking Adrift error guide yet. General fixes for crashes and black screens are in the crash guide.
Forum discussion
The forum thread opens 14 days before launch.
Subscriptions
The game is not in the official Game Pass, PS Plus, EA Play, Ubisoft+ or GeForce NOW announcements that FPSHQ tracks (checked Nov 14, 2026).
Drivers for the game
The game is not mentioned in official NVIDIA, AMD or Intel driver notes yet.
What we know: sourced facts
No confirmed news beyond the release date yet.
Official data only: dates, times and requirements come from the publisher, Steam or the platform store, and every fact has a link and a date. City times are converted from UTC. No FPS is published before launch. The “before launch → launch day → after launch” mode switches automatically. Checked: Nov 14, 2026.
Everything about Waking Adrift
All FPSHQ pages about this game: FPS, settings, hardware requirements, fixes and discussions.
Waking Adrift is a game by O Art. Steam release date: October 30, 2026. Minimum graphics card per Steam: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB. It needs at least 8 GB of RAM.
Description
You and your crew are on a one way mission to reach the edge of space, but something sinister is lurking in the halls.
Data: the game’s Steam store page
About the game
- Developer
- O Art
- Publisher
- O Art
- Release date
- October 30, 2026
- PC platforms
- Windows
- Steam store page
- store.steampowered.com/app/5282780
Waking Adrift system requirements
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 11 64-bit |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Intel Core i5-12400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600 |
| Memory | 8 GB ОЗУ | 16 GB ОЗУ |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB | NVIDIA RTX 3060 / AMD RX 6600 XT |
| DirectX | версии 12 | версии 12 |
| Storage | 5 GB | 5 GB |
Source: the game’s Steam page — requirements published by the developer.
How big is Waking Adrift and does it need an SSD
Waking Adrift needs 5 GB of disk space, according to its official system requirements (the game’s Steam page, data as of Nov 10, 2026). requirements
The requirements of Waking Adrift do not state a drive type — an SSD is not officially required; it only speeds up loading.
Source: official system requirements (the game’s Steam page), captured Nov 10, 2026. The size is the free space needed to install; updates and DLC can make it grow. store.steampowered.com
Tip: keep extra space beyond the listed size — updates are downloaded first and installed afterwards.
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FPS on different graphics cards
FPS forecast for Waking Adrift on current 2024–2026 GPUs. Switch the graphics preset — the table recalculates. Average FPS at 1080p / 1440p / 4K.
| Graphics card | Tier | 1080p | 1440p | 4K |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeForce RTX 5090 | S | 180–305 | 140–235 | 81–135 |
| GeForce RTX 4090 | S | 165–275 | 120–200 | 66–110 |
| GeForce RTX 5080 | S | 150–255 | 105–175 | 57–95 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 Super | A | 135–230 | 96–160 | 51–85 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 | A | 130–220 | 90–150 | 48–80 |
| Radeon RX 7900 XTX | A | 130–220 | 91–150 | 48–82 |
| GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | A | 125–210 | 85–145 | 45–77 |
| Radeon RX 9070 XT | A | 120–205 | 83–140 | 44–74 |
| Radeon RX 7900 XT | A | 105–185 | 74–125 | 39–67 |
| GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | A | 115–200 | 80–135 | 42–72 |
| GeForce RTX 3090 Ti | B | 105–180 | 71–120 | 38–64 |
| Radeon RX 9070 | A | 100–175 | 70–120 | 36–62 |
* Average FPS: real measurements where available, otherwise the unified FPSHQ model. Actual FPS depends on the CPU, game patch and drivers. Reference GPU models without overclocking. methodology
📊 FPS by graphics card (1440p, Ultra)
Green — 60+ FPS (comfortable), yellow — 30–60 (playable), red — below 30. Dashed line marks 60 FPS.
Which graphics cards can run Waking Adrift
Cards at least as fast as the Steam minimum (NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB). FPS is an FPSHQ model forecast for 1080p High, not a measurement.
- GeForce GTX 1060 3GB ≈28 FPS
- Radeon RX 580 ≈29 FPS
- GeForce GTX 980 ≈29 FPS
- GeForce RTX 2070 ≈60 FPS
- Radeon RX 6600 ≈60 FPS
- GeForce GTX 1080 Ti ≈60 FPS
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Can my PC run Waking Adrift?
Waking Adrift (2026): FPSHQ load index 66 out of 100. Per the FPSHQ model, GeForce RTX 3060 delivers 61–100 FPS at 1080p High and GeForce RTX 4070 58–96 FPS at 1440p Ultra; 2 of 12 popular GPUs hold 60+ FPS at 1440p Ultra. Developer's minimum GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB / AMD RX 580 8GB; minimum RAM: 8 GB. Source of the numbers: per the system requirements on Steam (checked Nov 10, 2026); FPSHQ model estimate (not a measurement). (model accuracy)
- FPSHQ load index
- 66 FPSHQ index
- RTX 3060 · 1080p High
- 72 FPS model estimate
- RTX 4070 · 1440p Ultra
- 79 FPS model estimate
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