Can I Run Baba Is You?
Hempuli Oy released Baba Is You in 2019. It is an indie game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. With more than 20 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Its Metacritic score stands at 87. Builds exist for macOS and Linux as well as Windows. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Being 7 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. It is localised into 18 languages according to the store listing. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. There are 18 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.0 GHz+, 32-bit |
|---|---|
| GPU | ATI Radeon X1300/NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT/Intel HD 3000 or better |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 |
Recommended requirements
| RAM | 1 GB |
|---|---|
| Storage | 1 GB |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a gentle, brightly drawn world, moving through self contained puzzle rooms. The view is in two dimensions. 12 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Baba Is You is demanding
Baba Is You needs only 1 GB of RAM. Disk footprint is light, near 1 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Baba Is You?
Baba Is You targets a mainstream modern PC: ATI Radeon X1300/NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT/Intel HD 3000 or better and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Baba Is You?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.0 GHz+, 32-bit; GPU: ATI Radeon X1300/NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT/Intel HD 3000 or better; 1 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7.
How much storage does Baba Is You need?
Baba Is You needs about 1 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Baba Is You?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Baba Is You is the CPU.