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In April 2022, Epic Games released The Matrix Awakens City Sample to all Unreal Engine 5 licensees. This is not a pre-compiled .exe demo you find on a storefront. It is a project file (roughly 90GB) designed for developers.
Epic Games and Nvidia never released a standalone, click-to-download demo for PC equivalent to the console version. The official interactive experience was built specifically for the PS5 and Xbox Series X’s SSD architecture.
Have you successfully run The Matrix Awakens City Sample on your PC? Share your build and frame rates in the comments below.
| Component | Minimum (1080p/30fps) | Recommended (1440p/60fps) | Ultra (4K/60fps + Nanite) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | RTX 2060 (6GB) | RTX 3070 (8GB) | RTX 4080 / 4090 (12GB+) | | CPU | Intel i7-10700 / AMD 3700x | Intel i7-12700K / AMD 5800X | Intel i9-13900K / AMD 7950X | | RAM | 32 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | | Storage | 100GB NVMe SSD | 100GB NVMe Gen4 SSD | 100GB NVMe Gen4 SSD | | OS | Windows 11 (22H2+) | Windows 11 (23H2+) | Windows 11 (23H2+) |
Published: May 2026 | Reading Time: 7 minutes
For two years, the holy grail question remained:
When The Matrix Awakens first dropped on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in late 2021, PC gamers watched with a mixture of awe and jealousy. Here was a photorealistic, living, breathing open-world city powered by Unreal Engine 5, featuring massive crowds, destructible environments, and lighting that blurred the line between video game and reality.
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In April 2022, Epic Games released The Matrix Awakens City Sample to all Unreal Engine 5 licensees. This is not a pre-compiled .exe demo you find on a storefront. It is a project file (roughly 90GB) designed for developers.
Epic Games and Nvidia never released a standalone, click-to-download demo for PC equivalent to the console version. The official interactive experience was built specifically for the PS5 and Xbox Series X’s SSD architecture.
Have you successfully run The Matrix Awakens City Sample on your PC? Share your build and frame rates in the comments below.
| Component | Minimum (1080p/30fps) | Recommended (1440p/60fps) | Ultra (4K/60fps + Nanite) | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | RTX 2060 (6GB) | RTX 3070 (8GB) | RTX 4080 / 4090 (12GB+) | | CPU | Intel i7-10700 / AMD 3700x | Intel i7-12700K / AMD 5800X | Intel i9-13900K / AMD 7950X | | RAM | 32 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | | Storage | 100GB NVMe SSD | 100GB NVMe Gen4 SSD | 100GB NVMe Gen4 SSD | | OS | Windows 11 (22H2+) | Windows 11 (23H2+) | Windows 11 (23H2+) |
Published: May 2026 | Reading Time: 7 minutes
For two years, the holy grail question remained:
When The Matrix Awakens first dropped on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in late 2021, PC gamers watched with a mixture of awe and jealousy. Here was a photorealistic, living, breathing open-world city powered by Unreal Engine 5, featuring massive crowds, destructible environments, and lighting that blurred the line between video game and reality.
