Can I Run Empyrion?
Empyrion is an adventure indie game from Eleon Game Studios, released in 2020. Eleon Game Studios both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. There are 8 achievements to chase. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. With more than 29 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual-Core Processor 2.5 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD RX 550 / NVIDIA GTX 1050 (min. 2 GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 10 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit system required |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Quad-Core 3 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Vega 56 / NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti (min. 4 GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit system required |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in space and the vessels that cross it. Play is structured around hostile territory. 13 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Empyrion is demanding
Demand in Empyrion is ordinary. The publisher has AMD Vega 56 / NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti (min in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 4 GB, so on Empyrion the speed of the graphics chip binds before its memory does. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Empyrion scales hard with the hardware you give it. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Empyrion takes about 15 GB of disk space, SSD specified. Empyrion needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Empyrion?
Older hardware holds up here: Empyrion runs on modest graphics, with AMD RX 550 / NVIDIA GTX 1050 (min. 2 GB VRAM) enough to meet the minimum. Add 10 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 | 1.28x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.72x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.32x |
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 Empyrion'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 Empyrion?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Empyrion?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual-Core Processor 2.5 GHz or better; GPU: AMD RX 550 / NVIDIA GTX 1050 (min. 2 GB VRAM); 10 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit system required.
How much storage does Empyrion need?
Empyrion needs about 10 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Empyrion?
The RTX 3060 runs Empyrion comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Empyrion?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Empyrion is the GPU.