Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom

Capcom’s hardware redemption continues with fatherly hack o’ shooter Pragmata , a smooth and low-end-friendly PC performer that’s far more Resident Evil Requiem than Monster Hunter Wilds .

It’s maybe not quite on Requiem’s level of framerate abundance, and Pragmata struggles a teeny bit more on underpowered handheld PCs – which we both know means the Steam Deck – during its tougher stretches of polished moonbase corridors and electricity-spewing robofoes. But it does run well, especially by AAA standards, and matches Resi’s feat of producing a ray tracing setting that looks nice without pulverising your graphics card with a thousand gleaming hammers. Progress!

Pragmata system requirements and PC performance

Pragmata best settings guide

Optimised settings, based on my testing around Pragmata’s relatively demanding, 3D-printed facsimile of New York City , can be found below.…