The New Flesh PC requirements, FPS and best settings

Quick answer: can your PC run The New Flesh?

How demanding is The New Flesh?

Where it lands among 937 modelled titles, and what that means for different classes of graphics card.

Across the 937 games we have modelled, The New Flesh lands on a demand score of 15, ahead of 53% of them. In plain terms it is a mid-weight game for graphics hardware.

The score is derived from the recommended graphics card in the publisher requirements, GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580, scaled to a 1080p High equivalent. It is a modelling choice rather than a measurement, so read it as a ranking more than a promise.

What it means by card class

• Take a high-end card, the RTX 5080: about 253 FPS at 1080p, 253 FPS at 1440p and 219 FPS at 4K on High. Holds roughly 219 FPS at 4K, so resolution is not the limit.
• The RTX 5070, standing in for a mid-range card, gives roughly 253 FPS at 1080p and 253 FPS at 1440p, with 160 FPS at 4K. Native 4K works here at about 160 FPS, with no upscaling needed.
• For an entry card we use the RTX 5060. It returns about 252 / 163 / 93 FPS at 1080p, 1440p and 4K on High. Native 4K works here at about 93 FPS, with no upscaling needed.
• Take an enthusiast card, the RTX 5090: about 253 FPS at 1080p, 253 FPS at 1440p and 253 FPS at 4K on High. Comfortable at 4K on High, around 253 FPS before any upscaling.

For the processor we score The New Flesh at 32, which is above 47% of our data set.

The New Flesh PC requirements: minimum and recommended

The official specs for The New Flesh, compared with real graphics cards and processors.

These are the developer figures on Steam, and patches can change them.

What the requirements mean in practice

Steam names GTX 760 / AMD RX 560 as the minimum GPU. Expect around 52 FPS at 1080p Low, or about 29 FPS if you raise the preset to High.

Steam suggests GTX 1060 / AMD RX 580 as the recommended card, good for about 79 FPS at 1080p and 51 FPS at 1440p on High here. That is above 60 FPS at 1080p, so the recommended spec reads as a comfortable 1080p target.

Steam sets memory at 4 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB RAM recommended, and asks for 400 MB available space of storage.

What graphics card does The New Flesh need?

Pick a target and see the card it needs in The New Flesh.

The lowest card we tested that holds 60 FPS at 1080p on High is the GTX 1060 6GB, and the first desktop RTX 50 card to do it is the RTX 5050.

Moving up to 1440p, the GTX 1660 Super is the lowest card that holds 60 FPS on High, and the RTX 5050 is the first RTX 50 option.

4K is the hard case. With Quality upscaling enabled, the RTX 5050 is where the RTX 50 range first reaches 60 FPS on High.

Cards across NVIDIA, AMD and Intel are included. To test your own parts, open the can my PC run it checker or look for a CPU bottleneck with the bottleneck checker.

The New Flesh FPS by graphics card

Modelled FPS for 28 graphics cards from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel. Switch resolution below.

The fastest card here, the RTX 5090, returns around 253 FPS at 1440p and 253 FPS at 4K. The RTX 5050 sits at roughly 121 FPS at 1440p, which shows how wide the range is in The New Flesh.

Full results table

Every figure assumes the High preset with a fast processor. The two upscaled columns switch on Quality DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling, which only applies if the game supports it. Figures above 360 FPS are shown as 360+. Put two cards side by side in the GPU comparison tool.

Is your graphics card good enough for The New Flesh?

How twelve well-known cards fare, explained simply.

Verdicts below use High settings throughout. For older cards a weak result mostly means lowering the preset, since Low and Medium settings recover a lot of speed according to our model.

In this game the RTX 5070 returns about 253 FPS at 1440p while the RTX 5060 returns 163 FPS, a gap of 56% that deserves a look against price.

Resolution playbook for The New Flesh: 1080p, 1440p and 4K

One plan per resolution, each aimed at a steady 60 FPS in this game.

1080p playbook

1080p is straightforward on GTX 1660 Super, RTX 3060 12GB, RTX 4060, which hold 60 FPS on High natively here, so you only need DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling for extra smoothness.

Each row below is the best-looking combination that still holds 60 FPS at 1080p according to our model.

1440p playbook

Native 1440p works on RTX 4060, RTX 5060, RTX 5070, all above 60 FPS on High according to our model. Upscaling then becomes optional rather than required.

Pick your card in the table for the preset and DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling mode that keep 1440p above 60 FPS.

4K playbook

For 4K play, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 4080 Super, RTX 5080 clear 60 FPS on High without any upscaling according to our estimates, which leaves room to raise individual settings.

Pick your card in the table for the preset and DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling mode that keep 4K above 60 FPS.

Is a graphics card upgrade worth it for The New Flesh?

How much faster each next RTX 50 card is at 1440p on the High preset.

Our model finds the best value step at RTX 5050 to RTX 5060, about 35% faster at 1440p, and the weakest at RTX 5070 to RTX 5070 Ti, about 0%.

Each step costs more than the last, so weigh the percentage against the price. The gain in The New Flesh usually shrinks as you climb, which is typical of graphics cards.

Compare options directly in the upgrade value calculator or the GPU price to performance calculator.

Graphics memory for The New Flesh: how much is enough?

Estimated graphics memory use on the High preset. Too little VRAM hurts smoothness whatever the GPU speed.

Estimated graphics memory use is 3 GB at 1080p, 3.9 GB at 1440p and 5.4 GB at 4K on the High preset. The figure is an estimate derived from the recommended GPU.

If memory is tight, lower textures first: Medium brings the 1440p figure down to roughly 3.3 GB.

What each memory size means for The New Flesh

• With 6 GB the verdict is comfortable at 1080p, comfortable at 1440p and tight at 4K on High. Where it is short, Medium textures and DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling are the practical fixes.
• With 8 GB the verdict is comfortable at 1080p, comfortable at 1440p and comfortable at 4K on High. Where it is short, Medium textures and DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling are the practical fixes.
• With 12 GB the verdict is comfortable at 1080p, comfortable at 1440p and comfortable at 4K on High. Memory is rarely a worry at these settings.
• A 16 GB card is comfortable at 1080p, comfortable at 1440p and comfortable at 4K on High. Memory is rarely a worry at these settings.

Try your own combination in the VRAM calculator and see how much VRAM you need for gaming.

The New Flesh CPU requirements

How much frame rate each processor can prepare in this game.

Steam gives Intel Core i5 quad core as the minimum processor and Intel Core i5 quad core as the recommended one. The table shows the most frames each chip can prepare according to our model, regardless of graphics settings.

The New Flesh is a mid-weight game for processors, ahead of 47% of those we model, so a recent mid-range chip is a sound match.

A Core i5-12400F tops out near 139 FPS in The New Flesh according to our estimates, a handy line to compare against your card.

Test your own pairing in the bottleneck checker and the system bottlenecks guide.

Matching a processor to a graphics card for The New Flesh

How seven common processor and graphics card pairs behave in this game.

Not every pairing is balanced. 7 of the seven below are held back by the processor at 1440p, starting with RTX 4060 plus Core i3-12100F (CPU ceiling near 106 FPS against about 139 FPS of graphics power).

The best-balanced pairing is the RTX 5060 with Ryzen 5 5600: its processor ceiling (about 147 FPS) sits close to what the card can draw (about 163 FPS) at 1440p, so neither part is wasted.

Use the table to see how balance changes, then enter your real parts in the bottleneck checker for a personal answer.

The New Flesh memory and disk space

The memory and storage Steam asks for, and how to read it.

The publisher lists 4 GB RAM of memory as the minimum and 4 GB RAM as recommended. In real use, with everything else running, 16 GB is enough for most people.

The install asks for roughly 0 GB. Downloading it takes around 1 min at 100 Mbps and about 0 min at 500 Mbps, allowing for overhead.

Steam does not state an SSD requirement, so an SSD still improves loading times, but a hard drive should not stop the game launching.

Work out your total in the RAM calculator, which adds your usual background apps to what the game asks for. Check how long the install takes with the download time calculator.

The New Flesh best graphics settings

Where to begin for a handful of common cards. Every cell shows the best preset that still holds 60 FPS.

These are our model's best 60 FPS setups for The New Flesh, ranked by image quality.

• Use DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling first. It costs little image quality and gains many frames. Choose the best-looking mode that still hits your target.
• Adjust a single setting at once and compare the result, so you can tell what helped.
• Cap your frame rate to match your display and keep the PC cooler, and the VRR and frame cap calculator suggests a sensible number.
• Keep textures high when your card has the memory. The speed cost is small. This game is estimated at 3.9 GB for 1440p.
• After that, cut the most expensive settings. If the menu has shadows, fog or draw distance options, those are the usual culprits.

An upscaler is assumed throughout; confirm the game has one in its graphics options. For advice matched to your own PC, use the best settings generator and compare DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling modes in the DLSS and frame generation estimator.

Laptop performance in The New Flesh

Estimated FPS on RTX 50 laptop GPUs at typical power limits.

For a gaming laptop, our estimates show RTX 5050 Laptop, RTX 5060 Laptop, RTX 5070 Laptop, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, RTX 5080 Laptop, RTX 5090 Laptop hitting 60 FPS at 1080p on High at typical power. At 1440p that group narrows to RTX 5050 Laptop, RTX 5060 Laptop, RTX 5070 Laptop, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, RTX 5080 Laptop, RTX 5090 Laptop.

Laptop GPUs lose performance at lower power limits (TGP), and thin designs often cannot sustain them. Check the exact wattage of the model you are buying.

Explore different TGP values in the laptop TGP estimator.

What to watch for in The New Flesh

General guidance for this kind of game, chosen from the Steam genres and features.

These are general tips for moderately demanding games of this type, not claims about how The New Flesh itself is built. Use them as a prompt for what to test.

• Casual games rarely stress a graphics card, so power and noise settings may matter more than raw speed.
• Indie games vary widely in how well they are optimised, so patch notes and community reports can say more than hardware specs.
• Full controller support is listed, so playing from the sofa on a TV is an option, where 60 FPS is usually the sensible target.
• Free-to-play games often target a wide range of hardware, so DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling and lower presets are usually well supported.

The New Flesh gallery from Steam

A look at The New Flesh from the official Steam gallery. Visual detail is what you trade away when you drop presets, so it helps to see what you are keeping.

Screenshots and artwork are promotional images from the The New Flesh Steam store page and belong to Freshly Baked Games LLC, Red Vox and Freshly Baked Games LLC.

If you like The New Flesh: similar games to check

Related PC game guides on this site.

These guides sit closest to The New Flesh in our data, either because they share genres or because they are about as hard to run. The demand scores use one common scale.

• Tiny Bookshop scores 15 on the same scale (The New Flesh scores 15), which makes it about as demanding. Shared genres: Casual, Indie.
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure: 8 on our demand scale, lighter than The New Flesh. Shared genres: Casual, Indie.
• Cash Cleaner Simulator sits at 15 for graphics demand and is about as demanding as The New Flesh (15). Shared genres: Casual, Indie.
• Creature Kitchen: demand score 15 against 15 for The New Flesh, so it is about as demanding. Shared genres: Casual, Indie.
• With a demand score of 12, Wobbly Life is about as demanding as The New Flesh. Shared genres: Casual, Indie.
• Fever Meme sits at 15 for graphics demand and is about as demanding as The New Flesh (15). Shared genres: Casual, Indie.
• Cozy Island: 15 on our demand scale, about as demanding as The New Flesh. Shared genres: Casual, Indie.
• VHOLUME: demand score 15 against 15 for The New Flesh, so it is about as demanding. Shared genres: Casual, Indie.

Game facts and Steam reviews for The New Flesh

Steam user reviews put The New Flesh at Overwhelmingly Positive (97% positive from 2,266 reviews, checked 2026-11-02). It is a measure of popularity and sentiment, not of technical performance.

Being out for about 17 months, The New Flesh may still receive performance patches, so keep it updated and keep your graphics drivers current.

Steam features

The facts above are from the public Steam store page. We have not tested the game on every card, so frame rates on this page are modelled figures.

Method: where the The New Flesh numbers come from

A short, honest note on how the numbers are produced.

The inputs for The New Flesh are a graphics demand of 15 (taken from the recommended card), a processor score of 32 (from an assumed processor line) and 3 GB of VRAM at 1080p High (estimated from the demand score).

In short: card performance divided by game demand, adjusted for resolution, preset and DLSS, FSR or XeSS-style upscaling, reduced when VRAM is short and capped by processor speed.

Nothing on this page is a measured benchmark. Expect real frame rates to differ with drivers, updates and your own system, and treat the tables as a guide.

The New Flesh: your questions answered

Short answers to the most common questions about running The New Flesh on PC.

Test The New Flesh on your own PC