Can I Run Fishing: North Atlantic?
Released in 2020, Fishing: North Atlantic is a simulation game built by Misc Games. The game supports a single player campaign. There are 51 achievements to chase. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. With more than 2 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. 18 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3 GHz Dual Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 11 compatible graphics card with 2 GB VRAM (Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 or better or comparable AMD card) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Quad-Core Processor with 3 GHz or better recommended |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 12 compatible graphics card with 3 GB+ RAM (Nvidia Geforce GTX 1060 or better or comparable AMD card) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The view is from a first person view. The publisher supplies 38 storefront screenshots of these environments. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Fishing: North Atlantic can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Fishing: North Atlantic is demanding
The ask Fishing: North Atlantic makes is moderate. DirectX 12 compatible graphics card lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Fishing: North Atlantic scales hard with the hardware you give it. At only 2 GB of VRAM, memory capacity is not what limits Fishing: North Atlantic. The chip itself is. Fishing: North Atlantic needs 64 bit Windows. Fishing: North Atlantic needs only 8 GB of RAM. Disk footprint is light, near 12 GB. DirectX 12 is named, so Fishing: North Atlantic expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Fishing: North Atlantic?
Fishing: North Atlantic is light on hardware. Its minimum, DirectX 11 compatible graphics card with 2 GB VRAM (Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 or better or comparable AMD card), 4 GB RAM, about 12 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: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.7x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.96x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
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 | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Fishing: North Atlantic'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
Can my PC run Fishing: North Atlantic?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Fishing: North Atlantic?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3 GHz Dual Core; GPU: DirectX 11 compatible graphics card with 2 GB VRAM (Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 or better or comparable AMD card); 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Fishing: North Atlantic need?
Fishing: North Atlantic needs about 12 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Fishing: North Atlantic?
The RTX 3060 runs Fishing: North Atlantic comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Fishing: North Atlantic?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Fishing: North Atlantic is the GPU.