Can I Run Aquanox Deep Descent?
Aquanox Deep Descent is an action role playing game from Digital Arrow, released in 2020. THQ Nordic published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Its 460 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one. Cloud saves are enabled. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Steam lists support for 11 languages. Completionists have 39 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3.3 GHz or higher: AMD A8-6600K or Intel Core i7-950 or newer |
|---|---|
| GPU | Direct3D 11, Shader Model 5.1 capable video card (GeForce GTX 560 2GB RAM or Radeon HD 7870 4GB RAM) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD/INTEL 3.5 GHz (AMD Ryzen 5 1500x or Intel Core i5-6600K or newer) |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD/NVIDIA with at least 8 GB VRAM (Radeon RX 580 8GB or Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB) |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in submerged environments, moving through open airspace. Play is presented in three dimensions. 16 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Aquanox Deep Descent is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Aquanox Deep Descent. AMD/NVIDIA with at least scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Aquanox Deep Descent within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Aquanox Deep Descent calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Aquanox Deep Descent takes about 30 GB of disk space. Aquanox Deep Descent asks for 8 GB of video memory, so VRAM capacity matters here as much as speed. Aquanox Deep Descent needs only 8 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Aquanox Deep Descent?
Aquanox Deep Descent targets a mainstream modern PC: Direct3D 11, Shader Model 5.1 capable video card (GeForce GTX 560 2GB RAM or Radeon HD 7870 4GB RAM) and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to AMD/NVIDIA with at least 8 GB VRAM (Radeon RX 580 8GB or Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB) 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 | 1.89x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.47x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Aquanox Deep Descent'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 Aquanox Deep Descent?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Aquanox Deep Descent?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3.3 GHz or higher: AMD A8-6600K or Intel Core i7-950 or newer; GPU: Direct3D 11, Shader Model 5.1 capable video card (GeForce GTX 560 2GB RAM or Radeon HD 7870 4GB RAM); 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Aquanox Deep Descent need?
Aquanox Deep Descent needs about 30 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Aquanox Deep Descent?
The RTX 3060 runs Aquanox Deep Descent comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Aquanox Deep Descent?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Aquanox Deep Descent is the GPU.