Can I Run Cataclismo?
Digital Sun released Cataclismo in 2025. It is a simulation strategy game, published by Hooded Horse. It offers a single player campaign. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. It is a recent release, so its requirements reflect current hardware rather than a previous generation. Metacritic places it at 82. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Its Steam review count passes 3 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is localised into 16 languages according to the store listing. It carries 43 achievements.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-4770 (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-9590 (quad-core) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ R9 270X (2 GB) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-6700 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1500X (quad-core) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 570 (4 GB) |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Cataclismo places its action in an outbreak scenario, and the player works through a base the player builds up. It is played from an isometric view. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Cataclismo is demanding
The graphics requirement for Cataclismo is light. Hardware around NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti ( is enough, so Cataclismo runs on machines never bought for gaming. The install is small at roughly 10 GB. DirectX 12 is named, so Cataclismo expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. At 12 GB, system memory is undemanding. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Cataclismo at the floor and Cataclismo at the recommended tier are not the same experience. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Cataclismo?
Cataclismo is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ R9 270X (2 GB), 8 GB RAM, about 10 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 | Comfortable | 2.7x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.52x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.67x |
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 great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Cataclismo'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 Cataclismo?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4770 (quad-core) / AMD® FX-Series™ FX-9590 (quad-core); GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ R9 270X (2 GB); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit).
How much storage does Cataclismo need?
Cataclismo needs about 10 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Cataclismo?
The RTX 3060 runs Cataclismo comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Cataclismo?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Cataclismo is the GPU.