Can I Run Arcadia?
Released in 2023, Arcadia is an adventure indie game built by Out of the Blue Games. Publishing duties went to Raw Fury. It offers a single player campaign. Its Steam review count passes 3 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. 11 languages are covered by the store listing. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It carries 29 achievements. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-4670K or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050ti or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | 64-bit Windows® 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-6700 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 or equivalent |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | 64-bit Windows® 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a horror setting. Play is structured around scenes presented as illustrated text. 6 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played through a point and click interface.
Why Arcadia is demanding
The ask Arcadia makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. The install is small at roughly 20 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Arcadia at the floor and Arcadia at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Arcadia calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Arcadia?
Arcadia is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050ti or equivalent, 8 GB RAM, about 20 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 | Borderline | 1.03x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.58x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.26x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Arcadia'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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What are the minimum system requirements for Arcadia?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K or equivalent; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050ti or equivalent; 8 GB RAM; OS: 64-bit Windows® 10.
How much storage does Arcadia need?
Arcadia needs about 20 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Arcadia?
The RTX 3060 runs Arcadia comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Arcadia?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Arcadia is the GPU.