Can I Run Foundation PC?
Polymorph Games released Foundation PC in 2025. It is an indie simulation game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. Its Steam review count passes 22 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. The game ships for Windows alone. There are 45 achievements to chase. Its Metacritic score stands at 84. Steam lists support for 17 languages. This is current generation software, and the requirements read that way. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4460 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GTX 960 / R9 290 - 3 GB Video Memory |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700K |
|---|---|
| GPU | RTX 2060 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a medieval setting, moving through a city the player lays out. The load here grows with the save. An empty map tells you very little about how the machine will cope once the build is large. There are 17 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Foundation PC is demanding
Demand in Foundation PC is ordinary. The publisher has RTX 2060 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 3 GB, so on Foundation PC the speed of the graphics chip binds before its memory does. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Foundation PC scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Foundation PC?
Foundation PC is light on hardware. Its minimum, GTX 960 / R9 290 - 3 GB Video Memory, 8 GB RAM, 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 | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Foundation PC'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 Foundation PC?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Foundation PC?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4460; GPU: GTX 960 / R9 290 - 3 GB Video Memory; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
Can an RTX 3060 run Foundation PC?
The RTX 3060 runs Foundation PC comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Foundation PC?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Foundation PC is the GPU.