Can I Run Ancient Cities?
Released in 2023, Ancient Cities is an indie simulation game built by Uncasual Games. The game supports a single player campaign. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 30 achievements to chase. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® i7-6700 / AMD® Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX-560 (4 GB) for Full HD resolution |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-bit) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® i5-10400 / AMD® Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 (8 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 590 (8 GB) for Full HD resolution |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-bit) |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a historical setting. Play is structured around a city the player lays out. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours. There are 28 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Ancient Cities is demanding
The ask Ancient Cities makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 ( lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Ancient Cities at the floor and Ancient Cities 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 Ancient Cities?
Ancient Cities is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX-560 (4 GB) for Full HD resolution, 6 GB RAM, 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 | 1.73x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.98x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
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 well |
| 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 Ancient Cities'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 Ancient Cities?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Ancient Cities?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® i7-6700 / AMD® Ryzen 5 1600; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX-560 (4 GB) for Full HD resolution; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit).
Can an RTX 3060 run Ancient Cities?
The RTX 3060 runs Ancient Cities comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Ancient Cities?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Ancient Cities is the GPU.