Can I Run Empire of Ember?
Empire of Ember is an action adventure game from Poleaxe Games LLC, released in 2022. Poleaxe Games LLC both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign. Completionists have 36 achievements to work through. It is localised into 7 languages according to the store listing. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Its 126 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a medieval setting. Play is structured around one continuous open world. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Empire of Ember has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. The publisher supplies 16 storefront screenshots of these environments. It is played in three dimensions.
Why Empire of Ember is demanding
The ask Empire of Ember makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Empire of Ember takes about 30 GB of disk space, SSD specified. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Empire of Ember scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Empire of Ember?
Empire of Ember leans on the processor more than the graphics card, its minimum CPU, a AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500, is what most builds trip over. A strong multi-core CPU paired with a mid-range card is the right shape here, the minimum GPU is a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, not a top-end GPU.
Bottleneck: CPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
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 Empire of Ember'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 Empire of Ember?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Empire of Ember?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 5 3500; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Empire of Ember need?
Empire of Ember needs about 30 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Empire of Ember?
The RTX 3060 runs Empire of Ember comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Empire of Ember?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Empire of Ember is the CPU.