Can I Run Deception?
Released in 2018, Deception is an action adventure game built by Glowstick Entertainment. It offers a single player campaign. It carries 40 achievements. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. The game ships for Windows alone. 12 languages are covered by the store listing. Entry is free, which makes the disk requirement the only real barrier. Over 1 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Being 8 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 | Intel Core i5-4330/AMD FX-6300 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/ AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Corei5-6600K/ AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 2070 8GB/ AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Deception places its action in a horror setting, and the player works through hostile territory. Play is presented from a first person view. There are 8 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Deception is demanding
Deception sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting Nvidia GeForce GTX 2070, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Deception takes about 1 GB of disk space. Deception expects 16 GB of system memory. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Deception at the floor and Deception 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 Deception?
Deception is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/ AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 0.97x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.55x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.24x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Deception'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 Deception?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Deception?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4330/AMD FX-6300; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB/ AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB; 16 GB RAM.
How much storage does Deception need?
Deception needs about 1 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Deception?
The RTX 3060 runs Deception comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Deception?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Deception is the GPU.