Market Analysis

Gaming PC Index

A mid-range gaming PC costs about €2,403 in Germany today, up 1.3% over 3 months.

What a gaming PC costs on average

A complete build: graphics card, processor and 32GB DDR5 kit at this week’s typical low price, plus estimates (marked ~) for motherboard, storage, power supply and case.

Entry for 1080p

+17%

Esports and most new games at 1080p

€1,663 was €1,420 on 31 Aug

Change since 31 Aug: +17% 0% +10% +20% 31 Aug 12 Oct 12 Nov

Mid-range for 1440p

+1.3%

Most new games at 1440p on high settings

€2,403 was €2,372 on 21 Sep

Change since 21 Sep: +1.3% −10% −5% 0% +5% 21 Sep 17 Oct 12 Nov

High-end for 4K

+18%

4K gaming and heavy ray tracing

€3,813 was €3,237 on 23 Aug

Change since 23 Aug: +18% −10% 0% +10% +20% 23 Aug 3 Oct 12 Nov

What most players have

The most common graphics cards and memory sizes in the Steam Hardware Survey, October 2026.

Graphics cards

  1. RTX 30603.8%
  2. RTX 50703.8%
  3. RTX 4060 Laptop GPU3.6%
  4. RTX 40603.5%
  5. RTX 30503.3%
  6. RTX 50603.2%

System memory

  1. 16 GB41.4%
  2. 32 GB37.1%
  3. 8 GB7.5%
  4. 64 GB3.9%

Source: Steam Hardware & Software Survey, share of surveyed Steam users.

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