Can I Run Alwa's Awakening?
Elden Pixels released Alwa's Awakening in 2017. It is an adventure indie game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. It carries 15 achievements. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Its Metacritic score stands at 71. With only 702 reviews on Steam, there is little community data on how it behaves across hardware. Its 9 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Steam lists support for 8 languages.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.1 GHz Dual Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 0.27 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0 |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
Alwa's Awakening places its action in a deliberately retro presentation, and the player works through an interconnected map that opens up as you gain abilities. There are 12 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played in two dimensions.
Why Alwa's Awakening is demanding
Alwa's Awakening barely touches the GPU. Its stated Intel HD Graphics target is below anything currently sold. It targets DirectX 9.0, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Disk footprint is light, near 0 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Alwa's Awakening?
Alwa's Awakening is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD Graphics, 2 GB RAM, about 0.27 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 | Comfortable | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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 Alwa's Awakening'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 Alwa's Awakening?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Alwa's Awakening?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.1 GHz Dual Core; GPU: Intel HD Graphics; 2 GB RAM.
How much storage does Alwa's Awakening need?
Alwa's Awakening needs about 0.27 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Alwa's Awakening?
The RTX 3060 runs Alwa's Awakening comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Alwa's Awakening?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Alwa's Awakening is the GPU.