Can I Run Fractal Alchemist?
San Base released Fractal Alchemist in 2020. It is a simulation game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | GTX 980 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1080 / AMD RX Vega 64 or greater |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Fractal Alchemist structures its play around spaces built for exploration. That openness is what costs performance. Fractal Alchemist has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The view is from a first person view. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Fractal Alchemist is demanding
Demand in Fractal Alchemist is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GTX 1080 / AMD RX Vega 64 or greater in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Disk footprint is light, near 1 GB. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Fractal Alchemist calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Fractal Alchemist at the floor and Fractal Alchemist 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 Fractal Alchemist?
Fractal Alchemist targets a mainstream modern PC: GTX 980 and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GTX 1080 / AMD RX Vega 64 or greater 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 | 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 Fractal Alchemist'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 Fractal Alchemist?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Fractal Alchemist?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-4590 or greater; GPU: GTX 980; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Fractal Alchemist need?
Fractal Alchemist needs about 1 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Fractal Alchemist?
The RTX 3060 runs Fractal Alchemist comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Fractal Alchemist?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Fractal Alchemist is the GPU.