diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/system.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/system.pyi
index 36e909af74..1883b9470d 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/system.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/system.pyi
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ class _Locale(TypedDict):
     language: str
     country: str | None
 
+def get_cpu_cores() -> int:
+    """Get the number of CPU cores available in the system.
+
+    Returns the number of CPU cores available in the system.
+
+    .. note:: On CPUs that include technologies such as hyperthreading, the number
+        of logical cores may be more than the number of physical cores.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 2.5.7
+    """
+
 def get_cpu_instruction_sets() -> _InstructionSets:
     """Get the information of CPU instruction sets.
 
@@ -75,6 +86,25 @@ def get_total_ram() -> int:
     .. versionadded:: 2.3.1
     """
 
+def get_platform() -> str:
+    """Get the name of the running system platform.
+
+    Returns a string with the name of the running system platform.
+
+    Examples of supported platforms include:
+    ``Windows``, ``Linux``, ``Mac OS X``, ``iOS``, ``Android``.
+
+    .. note::
+        If the correct platform name is not available,
+        returns a string beginning with the text "Unknown".
+
+    .. note::
+        The ``platform`` library has similar functionality for this use case,
+        but has more detailed platform information.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 2.5.7
+    """
+
 def get_pref_path(org: str, app: str) -> str:
     """Get a writeable folder for your app.
 
diff --git a/src_c/doc/system_doc.h b/src_c/doc/system_doc.h
index d0b939a170..94cbbc0dfa 100644
--- a/src_c/doc/system_doc.h
+++ b/src_c/doc/system_doc.h
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /* Auto generated file: with make_docs.py .  Docs go in docs/reST/ref/ . */
 #define DOC_SYSTEM "Pygame module to provide additional context about the system."
+#define DOC_SYSTEM_GETCPUCORES "get_cpu_cores() -> int\nGet the number of CPU cores available in the system."
 #define DOC_SYSTEM_GETCPUINSTRUCTIONSETS "get_cpu_instruction_sets() -> _InstructionSets\nGet the information of CPU instruction sets."
 #define DOC_SYSTEM_GETTOTALRAM "get_total_ram() -> int\nGet the amount of RAM configured in the system."
+#define DOC_SYSTEM_GETPLATFORM "get_platform() -> str\nGet the name of the running system platform."
 #define DOC_SYSTEM_GETPREFPATH "get_pref_path(org, app) -> str\nGet a writeable folder for your app."
 #define DOC_SYSTEM_GETPREFLOCALES "get_pref_locales() -> list[_Locale]\nGet preferred locales set on the system."
 #define DOC_SYSTEM_GETPOWERSTATE "get_power_state() -> PowerState | None\nGet the current power supply state."
diff --git a/src_c/system.c b/src_c/system.c
index 2c9e2b4e5f..3bcf339f07 100644
--- a/src_c/system.c
+++ b/src_c/system.c
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 #include "doc/system_doc.h"
 
+static PyObject *
+pg_system_get_cpu_cores(PyObject *self, PyObject *_null)
+{
+    return PyLong_FromLong(SDL_GetCPUCount());
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 pg_system_get_cpu_instruction_sets(PyObject *self, PyObject *_null)
 {
@@ -63,6 +69,12 @@ pg_system_get_total_ram(PyObject *self, PyObject *_null)
     return PyLong_FromLong(SDL_GetSystemRAM());
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+pg_system_get_platform(PyObject *self, PyObject *_null)
+{
+    return PyUnicode_FromString(SDL_GetPlatform());
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 pg_system_get_pref_path(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
@@ -252,10 +264,14 @@ pg_system_get_power_state(PyObject *self, PyObject *_null)
 }
 
 static PyMethodDef _system_methods[] = {
+    {"get_cpu_cores", pg_system_get_cpu_cores, METH_NOARGS,
+     DOC_SYSTEM_GETCPUCORES},
     {"get_cpu_instruction_sets", pg_system_get_cpu_instruction_sets,
      METH_NOARGS, DOC_SYSTEM_GETCPUINSTRUCTIONSETS},
     {"get_total_ram", pg_system_get_total_ram, METH_NOARGS,
      DOC_SYSTEM_GETTOTALRAM},
+    {"get_platform", pg_system_get_platform, METH_NOARGS,
+     DOC_SYSTEM_GETPLATFORM},
     {"get_pref_path", (PyCFunction)pg_system_get_pref_path,
      METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, DOC_SYSTEM_GETPREFPATH},
     {"get_pref_locales", pg_system_get_pref_locales, METH_NOARGS,
diff --git a/test/system_test.py b/test/system_test.py
index e03921c72a..82fe2c37ce 100644
--- a/test/system_test.py
+++ b/test/system_test.py
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 
 class SystemModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_get_cpu_cores(self):
+        cpu = pygame.system.get_cpu_cores()
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(cpu, int)
+
     def test_get_cpu_instruction_sets(self):
         instruction_sets = pygame.system.get_cpu_instruction_sets()
 
@@ -17,6 +22,11 @@ def test_get_total_ram(self):
 
         self.assertIsInstance(ram, int)
 
+    def test_get_platform(self):
+        platform = pygame.system.get_platform()
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(platform, str)
+
     def test_get_pref_path(self):
         get_pref_path = pygame.system.get_pref_path