Summary: The steady flow around an inclined torus has received little attention in the hydrodynamics literature, despite being relevant to many engineering and biological processes, such as the sedimentation of fluidized particles and the motion of natural micro-swimmers. In this study, we perform three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of the flow around an inclined torus over a range of aspect ratios \((2\leqslant A\kern -4 pt R\leqslant 3)\), inclination angles \((0 \leqslant \theta \leqslant 90^\circ)\) and Reynolds numbers \((10 \leqslant \text{Re}\leqslant 50)\), with a focus on the steady flow regime preceding the onset of vortex shedding. For a fixed Re, we find that as the torus inclines from a flow-normal orientation (\(\theta = 0^\circ\)) to a flow-parallel orientation (\(\theta = 90^\circ\)), the drag coefficient (\(C_{D}\)) decreases monotonically, while the lift coefficient (\(C_{L}\)) first increases from zero, reaches a maximum at \(40^\circ \leqslant \theta \leqslant 50^\circ\) and then returns to zero owing to top-down symmetry at full inclination. The decrease in \(C_{D}\) with \(\theta\) is caused by a decrease in the pressure drag, with almost no change in the viscous drag. The variation in \(C_{L}\) with \(\theta\) is caused by the pressure lift dominating the viscous lift. With increasing Re, the overall trends in \(C_{D}\) and \(C_{L}\) remain qualitatively unchanged but their quantitative values decrease. Compared with the effects of \(\theta\) and R, those of are relatively weak for the specific flow conditions examined here. We conclude by performing a nonlinear regression analysis to generate curve fits for \(C_{D}\) and \(C_{L}\) in terms of \(A\kern -4 pt R\kern +4 pt\), \(\theta\) and Re.