Can I Run Above Snakes?
Square Glade Games released Above Snakes in 2023. It is an adventure role playing game, published by Crytivo. The game supports a single player campaign. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. 12 languages are covered by the store listing. It carries 34 achievements. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-10100 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10-64 bit |
| DirectX | Version 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-11600K | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or Higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 5500 XT or Higher |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Requirements unverified, shown for reference source
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Setting and environment
Above Snakes places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through one continuous open world. It is played from an isometric view. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Above Snakes has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. There are 16 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Above Snakes is demanding
Above Snakes is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 5500 XT target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Above Snakes. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. The install is small at roughly 2 GB. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Above Snakes?
Above Snakes targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | Radeon RX 5500 XT or Higher for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.24x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.56x |
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 great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Snakes'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 Snakes?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-10100 or AMD Ryzen 3 3100; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10-64 bit.
How much storage does Above Snakes need?
Above Snakes needs about 4 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Above Snakes?
The RTX 3060 runs Above Snakes comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Above Snakes?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Above Snakes is the GPU.