Can I Run Against the Storm?
Eremite Games released Against the Storm in 2023. It is a simulation strategy game, published by Hooded Horse. It offers a single player campaign. It is localised into 18 languages according to the store listing. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. There are 80 achievements to chase. Its Steam review count passes 32 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Critics scored it 91 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i3-530 (dual-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X4 965 (quad-core) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (1 GB) |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-2500K (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-8320 (quad-core) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ R9 290X (4 GB) |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a medieval setting, moving through a city the player lays out. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours.
Why Against the Storm is demanding
The graphics requirement for Against the Storm is light. Hardware around NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 ( is enough, so Against the Storm runs on machines never bought for gaming. DirectX 12 is named, so Against the Storm expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Against the Storm takes about 5 GB of disk space. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 4 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Against the Storm?
Against the Storm targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (1 GB) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ R9 290X (4 GB) 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 | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Against the Storm'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
Can my PC run Against the Storm?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Against the Storm?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-530 (dual-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X4 965 (quad-core); GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (1 GB); 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit).
How much storage does Against the Storm need?
Against the Storm needs about 5 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Against the Storm?
The RTX 3060 runs Against the Storm comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Against the Storm?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Against the Storm is the GPU.