Can I Run Criminal?
BEF GAMES released Criminal in 2025. It is an action indie game, published by Tripwire Presents. It offers a single player campaign. With only 307 reviews on Steam, there is little community data on how it behaves across hardware. 11 languages are covered by the store listing. Cloud saves are enabled. It carries 32 achievements. The game ships for Windows alone. It is a recent release, so its requirements reflect current hardware rather than a previous generation.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 AMD Ryzen 5 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 4.88 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7 AMD Ryzen 7 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 4.88 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through systems the player balances from above. The publisher supplies 56 storefront screenshots of these environments. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours. It is played from a first person view.
Why Criminal is demanding
The ask Criminal makes is moderate. NVIDIA Geforce RTX 2060 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. The install is small at roughly 5 GB. Criminal needs 64 bit Windows. Criminal expects 16 GB of system memory. DirectX 12 is named, so Criminal expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Criminal at the floor and Criminal at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Criminal?
Criminal is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, 8 GB RAM, about 4.88 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 great |
| 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 Criminal'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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Can my PC run Criminal?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Criminal?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5 AMD Ryzen 5; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit.
How much storage does Criminal need?
Criminal needs about 4.88 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Criminal?
The RTX 3060 runs Criminal comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Criminal?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Criminal is the GPU.