Can I Run Diplomacy is Not an Option PC?
Diplomacy is Not an Option PC is an action adventure game from Door 407, released in 2024. Door 407 both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. With more than 10 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. Completionists have 60 achievements to work through. Metacritic places it at 80. Cloud saves are enabled. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 6400 / AMD X8 FX-8300 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 280 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10, 11 64 bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 7400 / AMD Ryzen 3 2300X |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600 |
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10, 11 64 bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Diplomacy is Not an Option PC places its action in a medieval setting, and the player works through a base the player builds up. The view is from an isometric view. The load here grows with the save. An empty map tells you very little about how the machine will cope once the build is large. The publisher supplies 13 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Diplomacy is Not an Option PC is demanding
The ask Diplomacy is Not an Option PC makes is moderate. GeForce GTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5600 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Diplomacy is Not an Option PC scales hard with the hardware you give it. The install is small at roughly 15 GB. System memory is unusually high at 32 GB, so a 16 GB machine needs an upgrade even with a strong graphics card. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Diplomacy is Not an Option PC?
Diplomacy is Not an Option PC is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, GeForce GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 280 clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: RAM
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.71x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.31x |
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 Diplomacy is Not an Option PC'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 Diplomacy is Not an Option PC?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Diplomacy is Not an Option PC?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 6400 / AMD X8 FX-8300; GPU: GeForce GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 280; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10, 11 64 bit.
How much storage does Diplomacy is Not an Option PC need?
Diplomacy is Not an Option PC needs about 15 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Diplomacy is Not an Option PC?
The RTX 3060 runs Diplomacy is Not an Option PC comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Diplomacy is Not an Option PC?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Diplomacy is Not an Option PC is the RAM.