Can I Run Astroneer?
Released in 2019, Astroneer is an adventure indie game built by System Era Softworks. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. It carries 56 achievements. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Being 7 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Steam lists support for 13 languages. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Cloud saves are enabled. Its Steam review count passes 118 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | X64 Dual Core CPU, 2+ GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Discrete Non Mobile GPU with 1 GB Ram |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | X64 Quad Core CPU, 3+ GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Discrete Non Mobile GPU with 2 GB RAM |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows 11 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Astroneer places its action in space and the vessels that cross it, and the player works through one continuous open world. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Astroneer can never assume the player will stop and let it load. It is played from a third person view.
Why Astroneer is demanding
The install is small at roughly 4 GB. At 2 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Astroneer. Astroneer needs only 8 GB of RAM. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Astroneer.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Astroneer?
Astroneer targets a mainstream modern PC: Discrete Non Mobile GPU with 1 GB Ram and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Discrete Non Mobile GPU with 2 GB RAM for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: RAM
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What are the minimum system requirements for Astroneer?
The minimum requirements are CPU: X64 Dual Core CPU, 2+ GHz; GPU: Discrete Non Mobile GPU with 1 GB Ram; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64-bit).
How much storage does Astroneer need?
Astroneer needs about 2 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Astroneer?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Astroneer is the RAM.