Transistor
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2014
Platforms
Genres
- action role-playing game
- science fiction video game
- cyberpunk video game
- video game with LGBT character
- action game*
- role-playing video game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- T - Teen*
Engines
- MonoGame
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- Yes*
Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- RPG*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Simplified Chinese*
Audio languages
- English*
- Simplified Chinese*
Community tags · historical
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 1,644*
- Female Protagonist*
- Votes · historical
- 1,197*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 1,150*
- Cyberpunk*
- Votes · historical
- 1,112*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 948*
- Sci-fi*
- Votes · historical
- 925*
- Action RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 790*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 773*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 733*
- Beautiful*
- Votes · historical
- 692*
- Isometric*
- Votes · historical
- 679*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 643*
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 511*
- Narration*
- Votes · historical
- 480*
- Strategy*
- Votes · historical
- 417*
- Tactical*
- Votes · historical
- 396*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 372*
- Turn-Based*
- Votes · historical
- 308*
- Short*
- Votes · historical
- 153*
- Hack and Slash*
- Votes · historical
- 144*
System requirements
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- 10.7.5*
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)*
- Storage
- 3 GB available space*
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows 7 32-bit*
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT*
- Storage
- 3 GB available space*
- Linux · Minimum*
- Operating system
- glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit*
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)*
- Storage
- 3 GB available space*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 57*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Full*
- Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27*
- Community-reported frame rate
- 45 fps*
- Reports
- 1*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Supergiant Games
Publishers
- Supergiant Games
Release history
- 2014-05-20
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- 2014-10-30
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- macOS
- 2014-10-30
- Date precision
- Exact date
- Platform
- Linux
- 2014-05-19 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2014-05-19*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- May 20, 2014*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 2 fields
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Verified*
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Steam Deck
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
Specifications 2 · 8 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 4* GB
- Name
- Transistor*
- Release year
- 2,014*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 4 GB*
Specifications 3 · 7 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Supergiant Games
- Supergiant Games*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- T - Teen*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- role-playing video game
- role-playing video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Supergiant Games
- Supergiant Games*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2014-05-19 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2014-05-19*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 4 · 35 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 33*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 41* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 292* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Supergiant Games*
- DLC count · historical
- 1*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1000000 - 2000000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Linux support · historical
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 41* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 158* min
- Metacritic score
- 83*
- Name
- Transistor*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,806*
- Peak ccu
- 10*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 28,786*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 3.99*
- Publishers
- Supergiant Games*
- Recommendations
- 27,634*
- Store release date · historical
- May 20, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Game website · historical
- https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/transistor/*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Supergiant Games
- Supergiant Games*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Supergiant Games
- Supergiant Games*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- May 20, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 5 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 3* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 268* min
- Ccu
- 10*
- Developer
- Supergiant Games*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 3* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 148* min
- Name
- Transistor*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,806*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 28,786*
- Historical US price
- 1,999* US cents
- Publisher
- Supergiant Games*
- Community tags · historical
- Great Soundtrack*
- Female Protagonist*
- Indie*
- Cyberpunk*
- Story Rich*
- Sci-fi*
- Action RPG*
- Singleplayer*
- RPG*
- Beautiful*
- Isometric*
- Atmospheric*
- Action*
- Narration*
- Strategy*
- Tactical*
- Adventure*
- Turn-Based*
- Short*
- Hack and Slash*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Community tags · historical
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Female Protagonist
- Female Protagonist*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Cyberpunk
- Cyberpunk*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Sci-fi
- Sci-fi*
- Action RPG
- Action RPG*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Beautiful
- Beautiful*
- Isometric
- Isometric*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Action
- Action*
- Narration
- Narration*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Tactical
- Tactical*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Turn-Based
- Turn-Based*
- Short
- Short*
- Hack and Slash
- Hack and Slash*
- Tags votes
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 1,644*
- Female Protagonist
- Votes · historical
- 1,197*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 1,150*
- Cyberpunk
- Votes · historical
- 1,112*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 948*
- Sci-fi
- Votes · historical
- 925*
- Action RPG
- Votes · historical
- 790*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 773*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 733*
- Beautiful
- Votes · historical
- 692*
- Isometric
- Votes · historical
- 679*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 643*
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 511*
- Narration
- Votes · historical
- 480*
- Strategy
- Votes · historical
- 417*
- Tactical
- Votes · historical
- 396*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 372*
- Turn-Based
- Votes · historical
- 308*
- Short
- Votes · historical
- 153*
- Hack and Slash
- Votes · historical
- 144*
Specifications 6 · 29 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Supergiant Games*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- RPG*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable) Storage: 3 GB available space *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: 10.7.5 Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable) Storage: 3 GB available space *
- Metacritic score
- 83*
- Name
- Transistor*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 32-bit Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT Storage: 3 GB available space *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- linux*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $19.99*
- Publishers
- Supergiant Games*
- Recommendations total
- 27,594*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- May 20, 2014*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Full controller support
- Full controller support*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play on TV*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Supergiant Games
- Supergiant Games*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Linux requirements
- Linux · Minimum
- Operating system
- glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit*
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)*
- Storage
- 3 GB available space*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- 10.7.5*
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)*
- Storage
- 3 GB available space*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows 7 32-bit*
- Processor alternatives
- Dual Core CPU - 2.6ghz*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT*
- Storage
- 3 GB available space*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Supergiant Games
- Supergiant Games*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- May 20, 2014*
- Interface languages
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Simplified Chinese*
Specifications 7 · 20 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- full*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- verified*
- Steam Deck community-reported FPS · 2026-06-27
- 45* fps
- Steam Deck performance reports · 2026-06-27
- 1*
- Store genres
- Action|Indie|RPG*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 273*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 57*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- gold*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,014*
- Title
- Transistor*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Full*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Verified*
- Steam Deck community-reported FPS · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27
- Community-reported frame rate
- 45* fps
- Reports
- 1*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 57*
- Community confidence
- strong*
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