Can I Run Galactic Merchant?
Galactic Merchant is an indie simulation game from Sophism Games, released in 2026. Sophism Games both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Cloud saves are enabled. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. It is a recent release, so its requirements reflect current hardware rather than a previous generation. 6 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i3 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1050 |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1650 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 10 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in space and the vessels that cross it. Play is structured around systems the player balances from above. 6 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours.
Why Galactic Merchant is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Galactic Merchant. GeForce GTX 1650 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Galactic Merchant within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Galactic Merchant scales hard with the hardware you give it. Galactic Merchant takes about 10 GB of disk space. System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB. It targets DirectX 10, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Galactic Merchant?
Galactic Merchant is light on hardware. Its minimum, GeForce GTX 1050, 1 GB RAM, about 5 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 | 2.24x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.56x |
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 Galactic Merchant'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 Galactic Merchant?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Galactic Merchant?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i3; GPU: GeForce GTX 1050; 1 GB RAM.
How much storage does Galactic Merchant need?
Galactic Merchant needs about 5 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Galactic Merchant?
The RTX 3060 runs Galactic Merchant comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Galactic Merchant?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Galactic Merchant is the GPU.