Can I Run Eternal Strands?
Yellow Brick Games released Eternal Strands in 2025. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. Steam lists support for 7 languages. The game ships for Windows alone. There are 44 achievements to chase. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. Over 1 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-9400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB / Intel Arc A580 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 24 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 / Windows 11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-11600 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 8GB / AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB / Intel Arc A770 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 24 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 / Windows 11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around spaces built for exploration. It is played in three dimensions. The publisher supplies 11 storefront screenshots of these environments. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Eternal Strands has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs.
Why Eternal Strands is demanding
Eternal Strands sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Eternal Strands scales hard with the hardware you give it. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Eternal Strands. Eternal Strands calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Disk footprint is light, near 24 GB on an SSD. Eternal Strands 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 Eternal Strands?
Eternal Strands targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB / Intel Arc A580 and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 8GB / AMD Radeon RX 6800 16GB / Intel Arc A770 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 0.94x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.53x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.24x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Eternal Strands'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
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What are the minimum system requirements for Eternal Strands?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-9400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3350; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB / Intel Arc A580; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11.
How much storage does Eternal Strands need?
Eternal Strands needs about 24 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Eternal Strands?
The RTX 3060 runs Eternal Strands comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Eternal Strands?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Eternal Strands is the GPU.