The Evil Within

Platforms

• PlayStation 3

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• survival horror

• third-person shooter

• action game^*

• horror game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• The Evil Within

Engines

• id Tech 5

Localized titles

• The Evil Within

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Captions available^*
• Color Alternatives^*
• Stereo Sound^*
• Surround Sound^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Remote Play on TV^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Polish^*
• Russian^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Russian^*

Community tags · historical

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  916^*

• Survival Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  713^*

• Psychological Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  598^*

• Gore^*

  Votes · historical

  577^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  475^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  425^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  420^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  408^*

• Survival^*

  Votes · historical

  344^*

• Zombies^*

  Votes · historical

  327^*

• Dark^*

  Votes · historical

  318^*

• Stealth^*

  Votes · historical

  272^*

• Third-Person Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  253^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  249^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  246^*

• Cinematic^*

  Votes · historical

  190^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  186^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  161^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  36^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  28^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  64-bit Windows 7 SP1/Windows 8.1^*

  Processor alternatives

  i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card^*

  Graphics API

  Version 11^*

  Storage

  50 GB available space^*

  Conditions

  It’s worth noting that the 50 GB of space required is for the PC install. When the installation is complete, the game will take up ~41 GB of HDD space^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

  Graphics alternatives

  GeForce GTX 670 or equivalent with 4GBs of VRAM^*

  Processor alternatives

  i7 with four plus cores^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Verified^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  95^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Tango Gameworks

Publishers

• Bethesda Softworks

• 2014-08-26

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2014-10-12 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2014-10-12^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 13, 2014^*

Detailed specifications