Can I Run CRYPTARK?
Released in 2017, CRYPTARK is an action adventure game built by Alientrap. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. There are 27 achievements to chase. Its 909 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one. Critics scored it 80 on Metacritic. Two players can share one screen on a single machine, which is rare enough now to be worth noting. Being 9 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual-core processor (Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 0.68 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0c |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
CRYPTARK places its action in space and the vessels that cross it, and the player works through runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. It is played in two dimensions. Because the game assembles its spaces as it goes, the cost lands on the CPU in bursts rather than steadily on the GPU. The publisher supplies 11 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why CRYPTARK is demanding
CRYPTARK makes almost no demand of the graphics card. Nearly any machine built in the last decade clears the stated Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0 target. At 1 GB, system memory is undemanding. Disk footprint is light, near 1 GB. It targets DirectX 9.0, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run CRYPTARK?
CRYPTARK is light on hardware. Its minimum, Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB, 1 GB RAM, about 0.68 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 | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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 CRYPTARK'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 CRYPTARK?
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What are the minimum system requirements for CRYPTARK?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual-core processor (Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz); GPU: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB; 1 GB RAM.
How much storage does CRYPTARK need?
CRYPTARK needs about 0.68 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run CRYPTARK?
The RTX 3060 runs CRYPTARK comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for CRYPTARK?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for CRYPTARK is the GPU.