Can I Run Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries?
Eternal Stardust Studios released Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries in 2026. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Core 2 Duo |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 960 2GB Vram |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core 2 Quad |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1070 4GB Vram |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB HDD |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a science fiction setting, moving through a base the player builds up. 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. It is played in three dimensions. The publisher supplies 9 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries is demanding
The ask Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries makes is moderate. Nvidia GTX 1070 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries names just 4 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries needs only 8 GB of RAM. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries scales hard with the hardware you give it. Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries takes about 8 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries?
Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries is light on hardware. Its minimum, Nvidia GTX 960 2GB Vram, 8 GB RAM, about 8 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 | Runs well | 1.31x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.74x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
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 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 Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries'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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Can my PC run Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Core 2 Duo; GPU: Nvidia GTX 960 2GB Vram; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries need?
Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries needs about 8 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries?
The RTX 3060 runs Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Gaia 2: Ancient Mysteries is the GPU.