Can I Run Founders' Fortune?
Released in 2020, Founders' Fortune is an indie simulation game built by Dionic Software. It offers a single player campaign. It is localised into 14 languages according to the store listing. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too. Completionists have 20 achievements to work through. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| GPU | Intel HD 4000 |
|---|---|
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 0.49 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
| GPU | GeForce GTX 960 |
|---|---|
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 0.49 GB HDD |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through a settlement the player grows. The publisher supplies 9 storefront screenshots of these environments. What taxes the PC is the number of things being simulated, which means the requirements describe the start of a game, not the end of one.
Why Founders' Fortune is demanding
Founders' Fortune is undemanding on the graphics side. Its GeForce GTX 960 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Founders' Fortune. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Founders' Fortune scales hard with the hardware you give it. At 6 GB, system memory is undemanding. The install is small at roughly 0 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Founders' Fortune?
Founders' Fortune is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD 4000, 4 GB RAM, about 0.49 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 | 2.83x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.59x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.71x |
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 Founders' Fortune'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 Founders' Fortune?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Founders' Fortune?
The minimum requirements are GPU: Intel HD 4000; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Founders' Fortune need?
Founders' Fortune needs about 0.49 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Founders' Fortune?
The RTX 3060 runs Founders' Fortune comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Founders' Fortune?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Founders' Fortune is the GPU.