Can I Run Crypt of NecroDancer PC?
Brace Yourself Games released Crypt of NecroDancer PC in 2015. It is an action indie game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Steam lists support for 11 languages. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Completionists have 61 achievements to work through. Its Steam review count passes 23 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. Cloud saves are enabled. Critics scored it 87 on Metacritic. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | 512MB VRAM |
| VRAM | 0.5 GB |
| RAM | 0.98 GB |
| Storage | 1.56 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a fantasy world, moving through runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. Play is presented in two dimensions. Layouts generated at run time move the load onto the processor at the moment each new area is built. The publisher supplies 6 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Crypt of NecroDancer PC is demanding
At 0.98 GB, system memory is undemanding. Crypt of NecroDancer PC takes about 2 GB of disk space. At 0.5 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Crypt of NecroDancer PC.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Crypt of NecroDancer PC?
Crypt of NecroDancer PC targets a mainstream modern PC: 512MB VRAM and 0.98 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Crypt of NecroDancer PC?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Crypt of NecroDancer PC?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2GHz; GPU: 512MB VRAM; 0.98 GB RAM.
How much storage does Crypt of NecroDancer PC need?
Crypt of NecroDancer PC needs about 1.56 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Crypt of NecroDancer PC?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Crypt of NecroDancer PC is the CPU.