Can I Run FILE 9?
Cypress Inheritance, LLC released FILE 9 in 2016. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. There are 10 achievements to chase. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7-4770 or Higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon™ RX 6800XT |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is in three dimensions.
Why FILE 9 is demanding
The ask FILE 9 makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon RX 6800XT lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. DirectX 12 is named, so FILE 9 expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. The install is small at roughly 20 GB. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so FILE 9 at the floor and FILE 9 at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run FILE 9?
FILE 9 is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 0.9x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.51x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.23x |
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 FILE 9'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 FILE 9?
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What are the minimum system requirements for FILE 9?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 Ti or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does FILE 9 need?
FILE 9 needs about 20 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run FILE 9?
The RTX 3060 runs FILE 9 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for FILE 9?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for FILE 9 is the GPU.