About the Game
Experience the emotional storytelling and unforgettable characters in The Last of Us™, winner of over 200 Game of the Year awards.
In a ravaged civilization, where infected and hardened survivors run rampant, Joel, a weary protagonist, is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie out of a military quarantine zone. However, what starts as a small job soon transforms into a brutal cross-country journey.
Includes the complete The Last of Us single-player story and celebrated prequel chapter, Left Behind, which explores the events that changed the lives of Ellie and her best friend Riley forever.
Built for PC
The Last of Us Part I PC release brings with it plenty of PC features to bring Joel and Ellie’s tense and unforgettable journey to life. This version of The Last of Us Part I is optimized for PC with PC-centric quality-of-life enhancements. Part I will feature AMD FSR 2.2 support*, Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution support*, VSync and frame rate cap options, and a host of features designed specifically for PC, including adjustable Texture Quality, Shadows, Reflections, Ambient Occlusion, and more.
Through the experiences of Joel and Ellie, PC players can fully immerse themselves in beautiful yet haunting environments in stunning detail with true 4K resolutions**. From the harsh, oppressive streets of the Boston QZ to the overgrown and abandoned homes of Bill’s Town to so much more, embark on a beautiful journey across the United States of America with Ultra-Wide Monitor Support for both 21:9 Ultrawide and 32:9 Super Ultrawide aspect ratios.
Experience all these locations, stealthily sneaking through abandoned homes and cities (and picking their drawers and cabinets clean looking for supplies) or engage in tense, captivating action with 3D audio support to better hear the rustle of leaves, the crack of glass, or the footfalls of enemies trying to ambush you***.
AMD Fidelity FX Super Resolution 2
Supercharge your framerates and fight for survival as Joel and Ellie with next-level temporal upscaling technology from AMD. FSR 2 uses cutting-edge algorithms to boost your framerates and deliver high-quality, high-resolution game experiences in The Last of Us Part I across a wide range of compatible graphics cards.
Peripheral Support
The Last of Us Part I on PC features DualSense support through a wired connection so players can feel the impact of battle, the rumble of a tank rolling by, and so much more through haptic feedback and dynamic triggers. With support for the DualShock 4 controller, a wide range of other gamepads, and keyboard and mouse, players can adjust their playstyle to suit their preferences. The PC release includes a number of new control customization options including full control remapping, primary and secondary bindings for keyboard and mouse control, an adaptive mode that allows players to combine keyboard and controller inputs, and more. Part I’s PC launch will also include The Last of Us Part I’s suite of accessibility features so that players can adjust the experience to suit their needs and preferences.


** Compatible PC, graphics card, and 4K display device required.
*** 3D Audio requires stereo headphones or compatible speakers.
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
General
- Various performance optimizations
- Various crash fixes and stability improvements
Steam Deck
- Improved an issue where distorted or degraded audio could be heard in certain areas
AMD
- AMD FSR 4 support added for compatible AMD Radeon GPUs
- AMD FSR version is now displayed based on driver information
Feature Support
- Added support for AMD FSR3.1 Super Resolution
- Added support for AMD FSR3.1 Frame Generation
General
- Fixed rendering issue that could appear on TVs when using NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR
- [The University] Fixed issue that could occur when interacting with a generator while enemies were still present
- [Bus Depot] Fixed issue where Joel's flashlight would turn on when inspecting certain artifacts despite being in direct sunlight
Accessibility
- Fixed Text to Speech issue where "M" key was not being read when assigned to a function
- Improved support for AMD FSR3 Frame Generation
- Added support for AMD FSR3 Super Resolution
- Added support for AMD FSR3 Frame Generation
Downloading this patch will trigger a full shader rebuild.
- Improved the blending of terrain and ground-based environmental effects like mud, debris and more throughout the game.
- Corrected several in-game, menu, and text-to-speech translation errors
- Fixed an issue that caused the adaptive trigger resistance of the DualSense™ wireless controller to stop functioning if the Triangle button was also held while aiming down sights
- [The Outskirts] Fixed an issue causing the spotlight speed to increase when playing at high framerates
- [Bus Depot] Fixed a camera shake issue that could occur when traversing across the bus
Left Behind Standalone
- Fixed a physics issue with a mannequin head that could block player progression when running the game at high framerates
We at Naughty Dog and our partners at Iron Galaxy are closely watching player reports to support future improvements and patches. We are actively optimizing, working on game stability, and implementing additional fixes which will all be included in regularly released future updates.
For other issues we are currently tracking or investigating, please refer to our Known Issues. If you encounter any of these problems, please contact support to help us gather more data and insights.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when restarting a Permadeath Speedrun after dying
- Fixed a crash that could occur when rapidly switching through available skins
- Fixed an issue where reflections were not appearing in vehicles' rear-view mirrors when Real-Time Reflections are disabled (Options > Graphics > Real-Time Reflections Quality)
- Fixed missing rock and rock wall textures in several areas
- Fixed issues where players could see outside the game world in some locations
- Fixed quick turn animations when zooming without a gun equipped
- Fixed VRAM usage indicator when resetting graphics settings to default after restarting the game
- Corrected several in-game, menu, and text-to-speech translation errors
- Fixed an issue where monitor resolution was not correctly adjusted when using the “Reset to Defaults” command (Options > Display > Reset to Defaults)
- Fixed the bow's UI icon overlapping with arrow counts when a melee weapon is also equipped
- Updated ‘Loading %’ user interface (UI) so loading progress is tracked more evenly
- Fixed an issue that could cause graphic settings preview images not to appear
- Fixed several camera-related issues that could occur when running the game at high framerates
- [Photo Mode] Fixed an issue blocking full selection of presets when using Gaze Direction
- [Photo Mode] Fixed an issue where arrow icons were not interactable when using a mouse to change the color of frames
- [Model Viewer] Fixed an issue that resulted in multiple models to be highlighted at once
- [The Outskirts] Fixed the appearance of water when Image-Based Lighting is disabled (Options > Graphics > Image-Based Lighting)
- [Tommy’s Dam] Fixed a crash that could occur in a cutscene during extended play sessions
- [The University] Adjusted the visual appearance of fog
- [Bus Depot] Fixed a camera issue that also led to a crash when traversing across the bus while the game is running at high framerates
- [Bus Depot] Fixed a crash that could occur in a cutscene during extended play sessions
Left Behind Standalone
- Fixed a crash that could occur if Ellie is wearing the Seattle Wear skin when starting Left Behind
- Fixed an issue where the health bar could become stuck on-screen
- Fixed a crash that could occur when switching through multiple skins before loading into the level
Accessibility
- Fixed Screen Magnifier zoom functionality when using accessibility chord inputs (Options > Accessibility > Alternate Controls > Input Remap > Accessibility Chord Inputs)
Steam Deck
- Fixed directional button controls for behind-the-scenes podcast navigation (Extras > Behind The Scenes)
AMD
- Fixed checkerboard patterns that appear on screen when using Motion Blur on AMD RX 580 and RX 590 series GPUs
Nvidia (Update - Known Issue)
- For players using Nvidia graphics drivers who are experiencing a crash on boot, please check whether you are using an NVIDIA Insider graphics driver (545.37). If you are, players should roll back to the latest publicly available driver (536.67), which should solve this particular crash.
We at Naughty Dog and our partners at Iron Galaxy are closely watching player reports to support future improvements and patches. We are actively optimizing, working on game stability, and implementing additional fixes which will all be included in regularly released future updates.
For other issues we are currently tracking or investigating, please refer to our Known Issues. If you encounter any of these problems, please contact support to help us gather more data and insights.
Alongside this patch, The Last of Us Part I is now Steam Deck Verified. You will find the latest patch notes for Steam Deck below.
Downloading this patch will trigger a full shader rebuild.
- Optimizations to improve global CPU and GPU performance throughout the game
- Overall improvements to texture and environment loading
- Improved shader compilations times
- Fixed a crash that could occur after changing custom controller settings
- Fixed a crash that could occur in Photo Mode when saving images in 4K
- Fixed a crash that could occur when playing on Ultra graphics preset with DLSS enabled
- Fixed a crash that could occur when using a mouse with a high DPI
- Fixed a crash that could occur when entering Options > Graphics
- Fixed multiple crashes affecting players with Intel GPUs
- Fixed an issue where players could lose the ability to aim or shoot immediately after exiting menus
- Fixed an issue where the Flashlight tutorial would not leave the screen if ignored
- Fixed an issue where exiting Photo Mode could cause the player to throw an equipped item
- Fixed issues where players could see outside the game world in some locations
- Addressed issues where screen tearing could still occur with V-Sync enabled
- Fixed an audio issue that could occur when using a USB audio device alongside Spatial Audio Plug-Ins
- Added support for players using third-party audio drivers
- Fixed an issue where changing graphics presets (Options > Graphics > Graphics Presets) in-game would not save
- Fixed an issue where the Speedrun timer could roll back after a crash or when quitting to desktop
- Fixed an issue where scrollable menu descriptions could not be navigated with a mouse scroll wheel
- Updated the QTE button UI to correctly display when using Xbox controllers
- Corrected several in-game, menu, and text-to-speech translation errors
- GPU Performance HUD more accurately displays usage when launched, CPU Performance HUD now more accurate
- Corrected an issue where the Aiming Mirror settings did not affect motion sensor aiming
- Fixed an issue where settings would not Reset to Defaults if players had any of the menu drop downs still open
- Fixed an issue so that scrolling in Photo Mode does not affect the in-game camera
- Fixed an issue where the game could reset a user’s Monitor setting when launching the game
- Fixed an issue where the shader loading could be shown as complete before it actually was
- Fixed an issue with Corsair and Logitech device LEDs turning off on start-up
- Display settings are now saved per device and not shared through cloud saves
- [The Suburbs] Fixed a crash that could occur in the sniper fight
- [The Suburbs] Fixed an issue where Sam would appear wet during a cinematic in a dry area
- Added a new Very Low graphics preset (Options > Graphics > Graphics Presets)
- Added a new AI Quality setting in the graphics menu (Options > Graphics)
- Added a new Dynamic Lights Quality setting in the graphics menu (Options > Graphics)
AMD
- Fixed an issue where the game could crash while shaders were building on AMD hardware
- Fixed an issue where FPS could be impacted while enabling the GPU Usage monitor (Options > HUD > GPU Usage)
Steam
- Fixed a crash affecting players missing a Steam user folder
Steam Deck
- Overall improvements to performance while playing on Steam Deck
- Addressed a memory leak issue that could cause crashes
- Fixed an issue where certain button prompts would be misaligned
- Fixed an issue where changing (Options > Graphics > Graphics Preset) could trigger an intense lighting effect
- Fixed an issue where in-game HUD did not match Steam Deck Performance Overlay FPS value
- Fixed a crash that could occur during loading screens
- Effects Density now defaults to Very Low instead of Low
- [Lakeside Resort] Fixed a crash that could occur at the start of a cutscene
- Fixed a crash that could occur at certain checkpoints
- [The Outskirts] Fixed an issue where locked FPS could make it difficult to move pushable objects
We at Naughty Dog and our partners at Iron Galaxy are closely watching player reports to support future improvements and patches. We are actively optimizing, working on game stability, and implementing additional fixes which will all be included in regularly released future updates.
For other issues we are currently tracking or investigating, please refer to our Known Issues. If you encounter any of these problems, please contact support to help us gather more data and insights.
- General stability improvements
- Fixed a crash on boot impacting all Intel Arc GPUs
- Stability improvements for some AMD GPUs during extended playthrough
We at Naughty Dog and our partners at Iron Galaxy are closely watching player reports to support future improvements and patches. We are actively optimizing, working on game stability, and implementing additional fixes which will all be included in regularly released future updates.
For other issues we are currently tracking or investigating, please refer to our Known Issues. If you encounter any of these problems, please contact support to help us gather more data and insights.
Downloading this patch will trigger a full shader rebuild.
For optimal improvements to your experience, please ensure you have the most up-to-date version of your respective driver. At the time of publishing these notes, the most recent versions are:
AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.4.3, which includes a fix for “longer than expected shader compilation time” in The Last of Us Part I
NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 531.79
- Reduced shader building times
- Optimized code to improve global CPU performance
- Optimized content to improve performance across several levels
- Improved level loading to help reduce the amount of 'Please Wait' and loading screens
- Added a new Effects Density setting, which adjusts the density and number of non-critical visual effects (Options > Graphics)
- Increased crowd sizes on Low and Medium Ambient Character Density settings and added a Very Low option (Options > Graphics)
- Implemented additional scalability tuning for Low and Medium in-game Graphics settings
- Reduced the VRAM impact of texture quality settings, allowing most players to increase their texture quality settings or experience improved performance with their current settings
- Fixed a crash that would occur on boot on Windows 11
- Fixed a crash that could occur on Intel Arc
- Fixed a crash that may occur when starting a New Game in Left Behind prior to the completion of shader building
- Corrected an issue where pointing the camera at the floor while aiming would cause the player and camera to visually stutter
- Fixed an issue where Sniping Sensitivity settings were not applying to all scoped weapons. Additionally, Sniping Sensitivity has been renamed to Scoped Sensitivity (Options > Controls > Mouse Camera Sensitivity)
- Fixed an issue where players could not click on 'Jump To Unbound' when prompted in the custom controls settings (Options > Controls > Input > Customize Controls)
- Fixed an issue where changing Graphics settings (Options > Graphics > Graphics Preset) during gameplay wouldn't restart the player at the correct checkpoint
- Fixed an issue where adjustments to Lens Flare (Options > Graphics > Visual Effects Settings > Lens Flare) were not not applied
- Fixed an issue where players may consistently fall out-of-world when restarting at the checkpoint in the bookstore
- [Left Behind] Fixed an issue where players may get soft locked when jumping into the electrified water
AMD-Specific
- Implemented improvements to load times
- Fixed an issue where shaders may take an abnormally long time to load
We at Naughty Dog and our partners at Iron Galaxy are closely watching player reports to support future improvements and patches. We are actively optimizing, working on game stability, and implementing additional fixes which will all be included in regularly released future updates.
For other issues we are currently tracking or investigating, please refer to our Known Issues. If you encounter any of these problems, please contact support to help us gather more data and insights.
- Fixed an issue where loading into the game while shaders are building in the background causes an infinite hang
- Fixed an issue where, following a crash, the crash data may submit incomplete telemetry
We at Naughty Dog and our partners at Iron Galaxy are closely watching player reports to support future improvements and patches. We are actively optimizing, working on game stability, and implementing additional fixes which will all be included in regularly released future updates.
For other issues we are currently tracking or investigating, please refer to our Known Issues. If you encounter any of these problems, please contact support to help us gather more data and insights.
Current Release
18995818
Uploaded Jan 05, 2026
Update Required for Latest Version
The base game download is an older build.
To get the latest version, download both the Base Game + Update patch.
The Last of Us Part I update 1.1.2.0 - 1.1.5.0.rar
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Additional Files
Update Patches
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System Requirements
How to Install
setup.exe
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
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