Can I Run Aground?
Released in 2025, Aground is an adventure indie game built by Fancy Fish Games. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. 7 languages are covered by the store listing. There are 35 achievements to chase. It is a recent release, so its requirements reflect current hardware rather than a previous generation. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Builds exist for Linux as well as Windows. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It carries 120 Steam reviews, a small sample, so first hand performance reports are thin. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Skylake 2 cores / 4 threads @ 2.5Ghz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | DX11 graphics cards with a 3DMark Fire Strike score 2k+ for high quality, 1GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
Aground places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through a settlement the player grows. The load here grows with the save. An empty map tells you very little about how the machine will cope once the build is large. The publisher supplies 16 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented in three dimensions.
Why Aground is demanding
At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding. Aground takes about 4 GB of disk space. Aground needs 64 bit Windows. At 1 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Aground.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Aground?
Aground targets a mainstream modern PC: DX11 graphics cards with a 3DMark Fire Strike score 2k+ for high quality, 1GB VRAM and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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What are the minimum system requirements for Aground?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Skylake 2 cores / 4 threads @ 2.5Ghz or equivalent; GPU: DX11 graphics cards with a 3DMark Fire Strike score 2k+ for high quality, 1GB VRAM; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit.
How much storage does Aground need?
Aground needs about 4 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Aground?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Aground is the CPU.