At a glance
The minimum and recommended system requirements Beautiful Light displays on Steam and on the Epic Games Store, compared line by line, with every divergence between the two official listings recorded.
A pre-release specification is a published target. No build was tested for this page. The comparison establishes what the two storefronts display on the consultation date, not the performance you will obtain.
Steam has changed since our 4 September snapshot: its minimum CPU is now i5 8600k, its recommended CPU R5 5600X, memory 16 GB and storage 60 GB at both tiers. Its operating-system field now says Windows without specifying a version. Epic retains Windows 10 minimum and Windows 11 recommended.
Epic writes its recommended graphics card as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 3060. We preserve that exact designation. Steam writes RTX 3060; treating the strings as interchangeable would require an interpretation that the Epic listing does not provide.
Steam adds an SSD requirement and temporary targets of 30 FPS at 1080p on Low and 60 FPS at 1080p on High. They are stated targets, not benchmarks performed by this site. Epic warns that its requirements may change.
Minimum requirements, as each storefront displays them
Both blocks were read on 26 September 2026. Epic displays memory and storage as bare numbers; no missing unit has been supplied by this site.
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Operating system
Steam: Windows, version not specified; 64-bit processor and operating system required. Epic: Windows 10.
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Processor — different listings
Steam: i5 8600k. Epic: Ryzen 5 3600.
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Memory
Steam: 16 GB RAM. Epic: 8, with no unit printed in the observed block.
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Graphics — different listings
Steam: GTX 1070. Epic: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080.
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DirectX
Both storefronts list version 12.
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Storage
Steam: 60 GB available space, SSD required. Epic: 50, with no unit printed in the observed block.
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Network
Steam: broadband internet connection required. Epic has no network line in this block.
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Temporary performance target
Steam: 30 FPS / 1080p / Low, with an SSD required. This is a published target, not a measured result.
Recommended requirements, as each storefront displays them
The recommended memory and storage numbers now match numerically, but Epic omits their units. The processors differ, and the two GPU designations must not be silently merged.
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Operating system
Steam: Windows, version not specified; 64-bit processor and operating system required. Epic: Windows 11.
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Processor — different listings
Steam: R5 5600X. Epic: I7 9700k.
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Memory
Steam: 16 GB RAM. Epic: 16, with no unit printed in the observed block.
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Graphics — different designations
Steam: RTX 3060. Epic: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 3060, preserved exactly as listed.
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DirectX
Both storefronts list version 12.
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Storage
Steam: 60 GB available space, SSD required. Epic: 60, with no unit printed in the observed block.
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Temporary performance target
Steam: 60 FPS / 1080p / High, with an SSD required. This is a published target, not a measured result.
What this page does not establish
This page does not decide which storefront gives the final requirements. Both publish provisional specifications.
It does not measure performance: no game build was tested for this comparison.
It does not replace the graphics-card string on Epic or invent units missing from its displayed fields.
The comparison is dated 26 September 2026. Earlier snapshots remain historical evidence, not the current table.