Remedy has finally put a date on CONTROL Resonant: September 24, 2026. Nice. Calendar updated. Now comes the less romantic part, because the Steam page also says the game wants 100 GB of SSD space.
That is the bit PC players should clock first. Not the pre-order outfit. Not the deluxe edition wallet artifact, which sounds exactly like the sort of object the Federal Bureau of Control would lock in a glass box and then lose. The real news is that Remedy's sequel is arriving with a heavy install and a set of PC requirements that make it look built for modern rigs first and everyone else second.
The short version for PC players
Steam lists the minimum spec as Windows 10 or 11, an Intel i5-8500 or AMD equivalent, 16 GB of RAM, and either a GeForce GTX 1070 or Radeon RX 5600 XT with 6 GB of VRAM. Storage is listed at 100 GB available space.
The recommended spec moves to a Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel equivalent, keeps the 16 GB RAM requirement, and asks for a GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6700 XT with 8 GB of VRAM. Storage stays at 100 GB.
Remedy is pushing CONTROL Resonant as a bigger, stranger sequel set beyond the Oldest House. Image via the official Steam page.
None of that is shocking in isolation. Big-budget action games have been eating drives like raccoons in a bin for years. The eyebrow raise is the combination: 100 GB, SSD-only language on the RPS report, and a recommended GPU that starts at the RTX 3070 tier. If your PC is still hanging around the low-to-mid range, this is probably one to watch carefully before pre-ordering.
Steam Deck hope needs a reality check
The original Control became a fun benchmark game because it could look gorgeous and still scale down better than you might expect. CONTROL Resonant looks less forgiving on paper. Rock Paper Shotgun points out that Remedy has already been tied to Nvidia's DLSS 4.5 and path tracing plans, which fits the studio's recent appetite for expensive lighting tricks.
That does not mean the Steam Deck is dead on arrival. It does mean nobody should treat handheld support as a safe bet yet. RPS says it contacted Remedy for clarification on handheld support, and until Remedy answers, the sensible move is to wait. If the final game leans as hard into spectacle as these specs suggest, Deck players may be looking at cloud streaming, a future low preset miracle, or simply playing this one on a desktop.
Dylan Faden gets the worst homecoming imaginable
The Steam page frames CONTROL Resonant as an action-adventure RPG starring Dylan Faden after years of confinement by the Federal Bureau of Control. Manhattan is warped by a paranatural threat, the Hiss and the Mold are loose, and Jesse Faden's lockdown apparently did not keep the nightmare politely indoors.
The big mechanical shift is Dylan's kit. Steam describes a deeper progression system, elemental abilities, and a shapeshifting melee weapon called the Aberrant. It can become a two-handed hammer or dual blades, which is Remedy's polite way of saying this sequel is not just Jesse throwing office furniture at floating weirdos again.
That shift also explains why the requirements look beefier. Bigger zones, melee-heavy fights, dense effects, and possible path tracing are not cheap. Remedy made Alan Wake 2 a showpiece for high-end PCs. CONTROL Resonant looks ready to continue that habit, for better and for anyone still nursing a 500 GB SSD from 2018, much worse.
Should you pre-order?
Steam already lists a standard pre-purchase at $59.99 and a Digital Deluxe Edition at $69.99. The pre-order items are the Hiss Corruption Outfit and Pickpocket's Tool Artifact. Cute names. Still, this is an easy wait-until-benchmarks situation.
If your PC meets the recommended spec and you are already deep in Remedy's connected weird-fiction maze, the date is the useful part. If you are near the minimum spec, on a handheld, or already juggling storage, hold fire. We need actual performance footage, not just a Steam table and vibes from a very haunted skyscraper.
