Can I Run Endless Space 2?
Endless Space 2 is a strategy game from AMPLITUDE Studios, released in 2017. AMPLITUDE Studios both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Steam lists support for 10 languages. Its Metacritic score stands at 80. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Being 9 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. There are 115 achievements to chase. Builds exist for macOS as well as Windows. Its Steam review count passes 17 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | i3 4th generation / i5 2nd generation / A6 series |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD 4000 / AMD Radeon 5800 series / NVidia 550Ti |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows (64bits only) 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | i3 5th generation (or newer) / i5 3rd generation (or newer) / FX4170 (or newer) |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon 8000 series or newer / NVidia GTX 660 or newer |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows (64bits only) 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in space and the vessels that cross it, moving through a board the player reads before committing. There are 22 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Endless Space 2 is demanding
Graphics requirements for Endless Space 2 are minimal, with AMD Radeon 8000 series or newer / NVidia GTX 660 or newer named as the bar. Endless Space 2 takes about 8 GB of disk space. Endless Space 2 needs only 8 GB of RAM. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Endless Space 2?
Endless Space 2 is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD 4000 / AMD Radeon 5800 series / NVidia 550Ti, 4 GB RAM, about 8 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: CPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Endless Space 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Endless Space 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: i3 4th generation / i5 2nd generation / A6 series; GPU: Intel HD 4000 / AMD Radeon 5800 series / NVidia 550Ti; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows (64bits only) 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10.
How much storage does Endless Space 2 need?
Endless Space 2 needs about 8 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Endless Space 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Endless Space 2 is the CPU.