Can I Run For The King?
For The King is an adventure indie game from IronOak Games, released in 2018. Curve Games published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. At 8 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Critics scored it 79 on Metacritic. Steam lists support for 12 languages. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Its Steam review count passes 30 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It carries 78 achievements. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core2 Duo E4300 (2 * 1800) / AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e (2 * 2300) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) / Intel HD 4600 / Radeon HD 3850 (512 MB) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 x64 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4570T (2* 2900) / AMD FX-6100 (6 * 3300) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 750 Ti (2048 MB) / Radeon HD 7850 (2048 MB) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 x64 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a fantasy world, moving through runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. There are 13 official screenshots to judge the look from. Because the game assembles its spaces as it goes, the cost lands on the CPU in bursts rather than steadily on the GPU.
Why For The King is demanding
The graphics requirement for For The King is light. Hardware around GeForce GTX 750 Ti ( is enough, so For The King runs on machines never bought for gaming. It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. System memory expectations are modest at 4 GB. For The King takes about 3 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run For The King?
For The King targets a mainstream modern PC: GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) / Intel HD 4600 / Radeon HD 3850 (512 MB) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to GeForce GTX 750 Ti (2048 MB) / Radeon HD 7850 (2048 MB) 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 | Comfortable | 5.31x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.99x |
| 4K | Runs well | 1.33x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 For The King'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 For The King?
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What are the minimum system requirements for For The King?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E4300 (2 * 1800) / AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e (2 * 2300) or equivalent; GPU: GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) / Intel HD 4600 / Radeon HD 3850 (512 MB); 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 x64.
How much storage does For The King need?
For The King needs about 3 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run For The King?
The RTX 3060 runs For The King comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for For The King?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for For The King is the GPU.