Coming soon on Steam
What is known about the 2027 PC release
HUMANKIND 2 has a published release year, not a published calendar date. Steam's store page lists the planned release date as 2027 and says the game is not yet available. The press release of 25 August 2026 says the sequel is releasing on PC in 2027. Neither source prints a day or a month, and this page will not invent one.
Announcement date and planned year
Two dates are easy to mix up. The announcement date is 25 August 2026. That is the Paris dateline on the Games Press release, and it matches the publication time on Amplitude's community post the same day. The planned release is the year 2027. The announcement date is not a ship date.
Steam's coming-soon panel uses the heading "Planned Release Date" and the value "2027." The page also says, in the purchase area, that the game is not yet available on Steam. Wishlisting is the control Steam offers there, so a notice can be sent when the game becomes available.
A separate Steam event listing is also not a launch date. On 15 October 2026 the store data includes an event named "HUMANKIND 2 Gameplay Overview | The Path through History," scheduled from 13:10 to 14:02 UTC, with the subtitle "Follow the Ancient Egyptians through the early game." That entry documents a showcase window. It does not name a day in 2027.
Platforms
The press-release headline is "HUMANKIND 2 COMING TO PC IN 2027." Steam's platform flags list Windows and do not list macOS or Linux. No console is named in that press release or in those platform flags. Controller-support flags on the captured page are off: no full or partial Xbox controller support, no PlayStation controller flags, and no Steam Input API flag marked as supported. A mouse-only option is marked in the accessibility panel. That is a store flag, not a promise about future input support.
PC requirements Steam has printed
Unlike many coming-soon pages, this Steam entry already prints minimum and recommended PC requirements. They are store text as of the page captured for this guide on 16 October 2026. They can change before release. This guide did not fill any blank with a guess, because these lines are present.
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) | Windows 11 (64-bit) |
| Processor | Intel Core i5-4430 (quad-core) or AMD FX-Series FX-8350 (quad-core) | Intel Core i7-6700 (quad-core) or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (quad-core) |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (4 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 GB) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB) |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 12 |
| Storage | 20 GB available space | 20 GB available space |
Languages marked on Steam
The store page says "English and 8 more" and offers a table of nine languages. English is the only language marked for interface, full audio, and subtitles. The other eight are marked for interface and subtitles, and full audio is not marked for them.
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Marked | Marked | Marked |
| French | Marked | Not marked | Marked |
| German | Marked | Not marked | Marked |
| Spanish - Spain | Marked | Not marked | Marked |
| Korean | Marked | Not marked | Marked |
| Polish | Marked | Not marked | Marked |
| Portuguese - Brazil | Marked | Not marked | Marked |
| Russian | Marked | Not marked | Marked |
| Simplified Chinese | Marked | Not marked | Marked |
Store features, tags, and ratings
Steam's feature row lists Single-player, Multi-player, Steam Cloud, HDR available, and Family Sharing. The accessibility panel marks subtitles, color alternatives, custom volume controls, stereo sound, surround sound, playable without timed input, a mouse-only option, adjustable difficulty, save anytime, and playable at your own pace. It does not mark a keyboard-only option, narrated menus, or a resizable UI. None of these labels explain how a system plays. Multi-player, in particular, is a category name without a player count or mode description in the announcement copy.
A content block on the page says the product "Includes Interactive Elements" and names in-game chat and online interactivity. Separate age-rating entries in the store data do not collapse to one number. The app-level required-age field is 0, while regional entries list higher ratings:
- steam_germany, rating 12. Descriptor text: "Alkohol / Tabak" and "Gewalt" (alcohol or tobacco, and violence).
- dejus, rating 14. Descriptor text: "Drogas lícitas", "Nudez", and "Violência" (legal drugs, nudity, and violence).
- igrs, rating 18. Descriptor text: "Interaksi Daring"; "Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya"; and "Kekerasan" (online interaction, smoking or alcohol or drugs, and violence).
Those entries are store metadata. They are not review scores. The review summary on the page is "No user reviews."
Price and editions
No price is listed. The captured store data includes no purchase package, and the visible purchase area is the coming-soon panel rather than a buy button. The app is not flagged as free. That still does not establish a future price, a regional price, or a deluxe edition. Anyone asking for a cost should wait for Steam to print one.
What remains unknown
- The day and month of the 2027 PC release.
- Whether macOS, Linux, or any console will be added later. They are not in the current listing.
- The price, refund terms specific to a launch build, and any pre-purchase offer.
- Whether the printed PC requirements will still be the ones on release day.
- How multiplayer is structured, beyond the feature label and the note about online interactivity and in-game chat.
- A critic score or a user-review score. There is nothing to cite.
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