Can I Run Chronos: Before the Ashes?
Gunfire Games released Chronos: Before the Ashes in 2020. It is an action adventure game, published by THQ Nordic. The game supports a single player campaign. Critics scored it 77 on Metacritic. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. There are 43 achievements to chase. Steam lists support for 10 languages. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. With only 575 reviews on Steam, there is little community data on how it behaves across hardware. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R7 370 with 2 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 480 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 with 4 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Chronos: Before the Ashes structures its play around interlocking areas that reward learning the route. Play is presented in three dimensions. The publisher supplies 16 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Chronos: Before the Ashes is demanding
The graphics requirement for Chronos: Before the Ashes is light. Hardware around AMD Radeon RX 480 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is enough, so Chronos: Before the Ashes runs on machines never bought for gaming. Chronos: Before the Ashes takes about 8 GB of disk space. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 4 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Chronos: Before the Ashes?
Chronos: Before the Ashes targets a mainstream modern PC: GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R7 370 with 2 GB VRAM and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to AMD Radeon RX 480 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 with 4 GB VRAM for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Chronos: Before the Ashes'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
Can my PC run Chronos: Before the Ashes?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Chronos: Before the Ashes?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD FX-8320 (3,5 GHz) / Intel i5-4690K (3,5 GHz) or better; GPU: GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon R7 370 with 2 GB VRAM; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Chronos: Before the Ashes need?
Chronos: Before the Ashes needs about 8 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Chronos: Before the Ashes?
The RTX 3060 runs Chronos: Before the Ashes comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Chronos: Before the Ashes?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Chronos: Before the Ashes is the GPU.