Can I Run Fallout 2?
Black Isle Studios released Fallout 2 in 2009. It is a role playing game, published by Bethesda Softworks. The game supports a single player campaign. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Cloud saves are enabled. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Over 13 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Critics scored it 86 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Pentium 90Mhz or faster |
|---|---|
| GPU | SVGA |
| RAM | 0.02 GB |
| Storage | 0.55 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a world after its collapse. Play is structured around one continuous open world. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Fallout 2 has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. There are 6 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from an isometric view.
Why Fallout 2 is demanding
The install is small at roughly 1 GB. At 0.02 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Fallout 2?
Fallout 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: SVGA and 0.02 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: RAM
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Fallout 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Fallout 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Pentium 90Mhz or faster; GPU: SVGA; 0.02 GB RAM; OS: Windows.
How much storage does Fallout 2 need?
Fallout 2 needs about 0.55 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Fallout 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Fallout 2 is the RAM.