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Can I Run Castles?

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle.Your kingdom must survive a living and dangerous world. Do th...

Developer Lion Shield, LLCRelease 2017Genre Indie, Simulation, Strategy
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUIntel Core 2 Duo, 2.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 2.5GHz
GPUnVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 256mb or ATI Radeon HD 5670 256mb or Intel HD Graphics 4600
RAM4 GB
Storage1 GB HDD
DirectXVersion 11

Recommended requirements

CPUIntel Core i5-3470, 2.7GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.2Ghz
GPUnVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 1gb or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 1gb
RAM4 GB
Storage1 GB HDD

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Can you run Castles?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the processor is the tightest fit.

Castles targets a mainstream modern PC: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 256mb or ATI Radeon HD 5670 256mb or Intel HD Graphics 4600 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to nVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 1gb or AMD Radeon HD 7870, 1gb for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.

Bottleneck: CPU

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Frequently asked questions

Can my PC run Castles?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Castles?

The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 2.5GHz; GPU: nVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 256mb or ATI Radeon HD 5670 256mb or Intel HD Graphics 4600; 4 GB RAM.

How much storage does Castles need?

Castles needs about 1 GB of HDD storage.

What is the bottleneck for Castles?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Castles is the CPU.