Honeycomb: The World Beyond System Requirements & Settings
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 or later, 64-bit | Windows 11 or later, 64-bit |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | AMD RX 6500 8 GB or NVIDIA GTX 1660 | 8 GB VRAM: NVIDIA RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 6700 |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 12 |
| Storage | 40 GB, SATA SSD | 40 GB, NVMe SSD |
Specs copied from Steam:
Graphics and accessibility settings
| Setting | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | Nvidia DLSS 4.5 | Hive Update #15 (2 Jun 2026) |
| Lighting | Ray tracing and Nvidia RTXDI | Hive Update #13 and #15 |
| Bloom | On/off toggle | Post-Next Fest update (18 Jun 2024) |
| Motion blur | Intensity slider down to zero | Post-Next Fest update (18 Jun 2024) |
| HUD | Customisable, down to no HUD at all | ProRogueBear launch video |
| Arachnophobia mode | Turns insects into white orbs | Alidove launch video |
| Photo mode | Poses, filters, lighting and stickers | Release-date update (24 Oct 2025) |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 5 | Steam forum and Hotfix #1 notes |
Performance reports
- ProRogueBear (RTX 4090) got 40 to 45 FPS at 4K with everything maxed and ray tracing on, 60 to 70 at High, and about 120 with ray tracing off. The Scarlet Seeker also switched ray tracing off and called the game "surprisingly demanding".
- Some PCs crash on start-up. Players fixed it by adding
-dx11to the Steam launch options; others with AVX2-less Xeon CPUs or some Intel laptop chips still could not launch. Frozen Way pinned a troubleshooting guide on the Steam forum. - Senses.se measured about 60 FPS on Xbox Series X with no performance problems.
Fixes and workarounds are collected in the known issues guide.
Steam Deck
Valve rates Honeycomb Playable on Steam Deck: default controls and performance pass, but some interface text is too small to read comfortably. Players on the forum have asked for a Deck control layout; the controls guide lists what is known about the default bindings.