Can I Run Genesis Alpha One?
Radiation Blue released Genesis Alpha One in 2020. It is an action adventure game, published by Team17 Digital Ltd. The game supports a single player campaign. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 28 achievements to chase. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is localised into 7 languages according to the store listing. Its Metacritic score stands at 67. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-4130 / AMD FX-4350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7950 or Radeon R9 290 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz / AMD FX 8350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 970 (4 GB) / Radeon R9 390 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around a base the player builds up. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours. Play is presented from a first person view. There are 12 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Genesis Alpha One is demanding
The graphics requirement for Genesis Alpha One is light. Hardware around GeForce GTX 970 ( is enough, so Genesis Alpha One runs on machines never bought for gaming. The install is small at roughly 10 GB. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. Genesis Alpha One needs 64 bit Windows. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Genesis Alpha One at the floor and Genesis Alpha One 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 Genesis Alpha One?
Older hardware holds up here: Genesis Alpha One runs on modest graphics, with GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7950 or Radeon R9 290 enough to meet the minimum. Add 4 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.18x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.23x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.54x |
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 Genesis Alpha One'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 Genesis Alpha One?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Genesis Alpha One?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-4130 / AMD FX-4350; GPU: GeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7950 or Radeon R9 290; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Genesis Alpha One need?
Genesis Alpha One needs about 10 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Genesis Alpha One?
The RTX 3060 runs Genesis Alpha One comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Genesis Alpha One?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Genesis Alpha One is the GPU.