Can I Run Above?
Released in 2023, Above is an action adventure game built by Mad Head Games. Publishing duties went to Prime Matter. It offers a single player campaign. With more than 2 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. 12 languages are covered by the store listing. It carries 45 achievements. Cloud saves are enabled.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4440 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 18 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4770k or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1070 / GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD RX VEGA 56 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Above places its action in a science fiction setting, and the player works through interlocking areas that reward learning the route. The view is from a third person view. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Above is demanding
Above sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting GeForce GTX 1070 / GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD RX VEGA 56, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Above calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Above expects 16 GB of system memory. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Above at the floor and Above at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Disk footprint is light, near 20 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Above?
Above is light on hardware. Its minimum, GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870, 8 GB RAM, about 18 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Above's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Above?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 or equivalent; GPU: GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Above need?
Above needs about 18 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Above?
The RTX 3060 runs Above comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Above?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Above is the GPU.