Can I Run Empyrion Galactic Survival?
Eleon Game Studios released Empyrion Galactic Survival in 2020. It is an adventure indie game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. With more than 29 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Steam lists support for 8 languages. There are 8 achievements to chase. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard.
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 | Version 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 | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Empyrion Galactic Survival places its action in space and the vessels that cross it, and the player works through hostile territory. There are 13 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Empyrion Galactic Survival is demanding
The ask Empyrion Galactic Survival makes is moderate. AMD Vega 56 / NVIDIA GTX 1660 Ti (min lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Empyrion Galactic Survival at the floor and Empyrion Galactic Survival at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Empyrion Galactic Survival names just 4 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. The install is small at roughly 15 GB, on an SSD. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Empyrion Galactic Survival expects 16 GB of system memory.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Empyrion Galactic Survival?
Older hardware holds up here: Empyrion Galactic Survival 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 Galactic Survival'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 Galactic Survival?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Empyrion Galactic Survival?
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 Galactic Survival need?
Empyrion Galactic Survival needs about 10 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Empyrion Galactic Survival?
The RTX 3060 runs Empyrion Galactic Survival comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Empyrion Galactic Survival?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Empyrion Galactic Survival is the GPU.