Can I Run First Light?
Released in 2026, First Light is an action adventure game built by IO Interactive A/S. It offers a single player campaign. 14 languages are covered by the store listing. Completionists have 37 achievements to work through. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It is a recent release, so its requirements reflect current hardware rather than a previous generation. With more than 29 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Its Metacritic score stands at 84. 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 9500, AMD RYZEN 5 3500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GFORCE GTX 1660, AMD RX 5700, INTEL DISCRETE GPU EQUIVALENT |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB SSD |
| OS | MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10/11, 64-BIT |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | INTEL CORE i5 13500, AMD RYZEN 5 7600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 TI, AMD RX 6700 XT, INTEL DISCRETE GPU EQUIVALENT |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB SSD |
| OS | MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10/11, 64-BIT |
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Setting and environment
First Light structures its play around spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. The view is from a third person view. 14 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why First Light is demanding
First Light asks a lot of the graphics card. It targets NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 TI, AMD RX 6700 XT, INTEL DISCRETE GPU EQUIVALENT, which our tables put above the RTX 3060, so First Light tends to define the machine you build rather than fit around one you own. First Light needs 64 bit Windows. First Light takes about 80 GB of disk space, SSD specified. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so First Light at the floor and First Light 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 First Light?
First Light is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, NVIDIA GFORCE GTX 1660, AMD RX 5700, INTEL DISCRETE GPU EQUIVALENT clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. First Light needs about 80 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.83x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.47x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.21x |
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 | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against First Light'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 First Light?
The minimum requirements are CPU: INTEL CORE i5 9500, AMD RYZEN 5 3500; GPU: NVIDIA GFORCE GTX 1660, AMD RX 5700, INTEL DISCRETE GPU EQUIVALENT; 16 GB RAM; OS: MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10/11, 64-BIT.
How much storage does First Light need?
First Light needs about 80 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run First Light?
The RTX 3060 runs First Light well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for First Light?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for First Light is the GPU.