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Can I Run Emerald Shores?

Emerald Shores is a challenging SNES-inspired platformer with a bunch of twists. Level up, take on rewarding sidequests, play unique minigames, unlock secret levels, raise a pet monster, fight an opt...

Developer FordesoftRelease 2018Genre Action, Indie, RPG
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU1.0 GHz
GPUGeForce GTX 760 or equivalent
RAM0.25 GB
Storage0.04 GB HDD

Recommended requirements

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Can you run Emerald Shores?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the graphics card is the tightest fit.

Emerald Shores is light on hardware. Its minimum, GeForce GTX 760 or equivalent, 0.25 GB RAM, about 0.04 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

ResolutionProjectionHeadroom
1080pComfortable3.95x
1440pComfortable2.22x
4KBorderline0.99x

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 cardVerdict
GTX 1060 6 GBRuns great
GTX 1060 LaptopRuns great
GTX 1650 4 GBRuns great
GTX 1650 LaptopRuns great
RTX 2060 6 GBRuns great
RTX 2060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3060 12 GBRuns great
RTX 3060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4060 8 GBRuns great
RTX 4060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3070 8 GBRuns great
RTX 3070 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4070 12 GBRuns great
RTX 4070 LaptopRuns great
RX 6600 8 GBRuns great

Each card is compared against Emerald Shores'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 Emerald Shores?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Emerald Shores?

The minimum requirements are CPU: 1.0 GHz; GPU: GeForce GTX 760 or equivalent; 0.25 GB RAM.

How much storage does Emerald Shores need?

Emerald Shores needs about 0.04 GB of HDD storage.

Can an RTX 3060 run Emerald Shores?

The RTX 3060 runs Emerald Shores comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.

What is the bottleneck for Emerald Shores?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Emerald Shores is the GPU.