Can I Run Big Ambitions?
Big Ambitions is an indie simulation game from Hovgaard Games, released in 2023. Hovgaard Games both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. 22 languages are covered by the store listing. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It carries 99 achievements. Over 12 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 or similar |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA Geforce GTX 960 or similar (Minimum 2GB vram) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7 or similar |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 or similar (Minimum 8GB vram) |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through systems the player balances from above. 12 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played in three dimensions. The load here grows with the save. An empty map tells you very little about how the machine will cope once the build is large.
Why Big Ambitions is demanding
Demand in Big Ambitions is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Big Ambitions scales hard with the hardware you give it. Big Ambitions takes about 12 GB of disk space. Big Ambitions needs only 12 GB of RAM. It wants 8 GB of video memory, which rules out the 6 GB cards that are otherwise quick enough.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Big Ambitions?
Big Ambitions is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA Geforce GTX 960 or similar (Minimum 2GB vram), 8 GB RAM, about 12 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 | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
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 | Playable |
| 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 Big Ambitions'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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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Big Ambitions?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5 or similar; GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 960 or similar (Minimum 2GB vram); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Big Ambitions need?
Big Ambitions needs about 12 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Big Ambitions?
The RTX 3060 runs Big Ambitions comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Big Ambitions?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Big Ambitions is the GPU.