A co-op extraction horror from the makers of nothing else yet — Beck & Branch Games' debut. You are a Living Spark riding a fragile wooden vessel into a world that is literally rotting. Die, and you don't stop: you just find a new body and keep going.
Why this game is worth a guide right now — public signals only, no speculation.
The core idea, in plain English.
Grain Rot is a first-person co-op extraction horror built around physics-driven chaos and a body that won't stay dead. You and up to three friends play as a Living Spark — an artificial soul riding a fragile wooden vessel through a scorched world where the surface is gone and everything left exposed eventually catches fire. Ride a cursed elevator into shifting underground ruins, smash furniture for resources, feed debris into the Grinder for gold, and extract before the Corrupted close in. If your vessel breaks, your Spark escapes and hunts for a new body — but if the whole crew breaks, the loot is gone for good.
What you haul back rebuilds the Sanctuary Outpost, and what you rebuild decides what you can carry down next time. Progression lives as much in the hours between runs as in the runs themselves.
Official Steam screenshots.
The pages players look for in the first two hours.
How the Living Spark loop works, what to do on your first descent, and how the Outpost keeps your progress.
Read →How 1–4 players run a descent, what the Corrupted do, and why trolling your friends has real stakes.
Read →Can your PC run it? Minimum vs recommended, and a quick "can I run it" checklist.
Read →Official specs from the Steam store page.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 | Intel Core i5-10600 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD Radeon R9 390 | NVIDIA RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 11 |
| Storage | 10 GB available space | 10 GB available space |
Full breakdown and a "can I run it" checklist are on the System Requirements page.
Quick answers to the most common player questions.
Yes. It supports single-player as well as 1–4 player online co-op, but it's clearly built for a group — the chaos and the loot-sharing shine with friends.
You don't die for good. Your Living Spark pops out and can possess a nearby vessel to keep playing — but if the whole crew breaks, all the loot is lost.
Not yet. Grain Rot is Windows PC (Steam) only; no PlayStation, Xbox, or Switch version has been announced.
The minimum GPU is modest (GTX 970 / R9 390) and it only needs 8 GB RAM and 10 GB storage. See the requirements page.
See our Review & Verdict for the post-launch take.