Can I Run Aloft?
Aloft is an adventure casual game from Astrolabe Interactive Inc., released in 2025. Funcom published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. There are 19 achievements to chase. With more than 2 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. The game ships for Windows alone. Cloud saves are enabled.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-8600K / AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 580 / Intel® Arc™ A750 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10+, 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-10700K/ AMD Ryzen™ 7 5700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2070S / AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT / Intel® Arc™ A770 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10+, 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around hostile territory. The publisher supplies 29 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Aloft is demanding
Demand in Aloft is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070S / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT / Intel Arc A770 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Disk footprint is light, near 12 GB. Aloft expects 16 GB of system memory. Aloft needs 64 bit Windows. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Aloft at the floor and Aloft at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Aloft?
Aloft is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 580 / Intel® Arc™ A750 clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 0.94x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.53x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.24x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Aloft'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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Can my PC run Aloft?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Aloft?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-8600K / AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon™ RX 580 / Intel® Arc™ A750; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10+, 64-bit.
How much storage does Aloft need?
Aloft needs about 12 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Aloft?
The RTX 3060 runs Aloft comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Aloft?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Aloft is the GPU.