Can I Run Ancient Guardian?
North Lab released Ancient Guardian in 2019. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. Being 7 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS. Steam lists support for 12 languages. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It carries 131 Steam reviews, a small sample, so first hand performance reports are thin. Completionists have 62 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core2 Duo 2.5Ghz or AMD Dual core 2.5GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Radeon HD 5770 or GTS 450 |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3 2nd Generation 3Ghz or AMD Dual core 3GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Radeon HD 6850 or GTX 750 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Ancient Guardian places its action in a horror setting, and the player works through layouts the game generates fresh each time. Generating a fresh layout every run is processor work, so a weak CPU shows up as a pause between areas. There are 13 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Ancient Guardian is demanding
Ancient Guardian makes almost no demand of the graphics card. Nearly any machine built in the last decade clears the stated Radeon HD 6850 or GTX 750 target. Ancient Guardian takes about 1 GB of disk space. 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 Ancient Guardian?
Ancient Guardian targets a mainstream modern PC: Radeon HD 5770 or GTS 450 and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Radeon HD 6850 or GTX 750 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 | 6.54x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 3.68x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 1.63x |
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 Ancient Guardian'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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The Last of Us Part IFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run Ancient Guardian?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Ancient Guardian?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core2 Duo 2.5Ghz or AMD Dual core 2.5GHz; GPU: Radeon HD 5770 or GTS 450; 1 GB RAM.
How much storage does Ancient Guardian need?
Ancient Guardian needs about 1 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Ancient Guardian?
The RTX 3060 runs Ancient Guardian comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Ancient Guardian?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Ancient Guardian is the GPU.