Can I Run Earth Defense Force 6?
Earth Defense Force 6 is an action game from SANDLOT, released in 2024. D3PUBLISHER published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. With more than 6 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Its Metacritic score stands at 79. Steam lists support for 5 languages. It carries 39 achievements. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7 3770, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 45 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7 8700K, AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 45 GB |
| OS | Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Earth Defense Force 6 places its action in a science fiction setting, and the player works through combat arenas. The view is in three dimensions. There are 12 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Earth Defense Force 6 is demanding
Demand in Earth Defense Force 6 is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Earth Defense Force 6 scales hard with the hardware you give it. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Earth Defense Force 6 names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first. The install is small at roughly 45 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Earth Defense Force 6?
Older hardware holds up here: Earth Defense Force 6 runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 580 enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
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 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 Earth Defense Force 6'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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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Earth Defense Force 6?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Earth Defense Force 6?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i7 3770, AMD Ryzen 3 1200; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 580; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Earth Defense Force 6 need?
Earth Defense Force 6 needs about 45 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Earth Defense Force 6?
The RTX 3060 runs Earth Defense Force 6 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Earth Defense Force 6?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Earth Defense Force 6 is the GPU.