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Can I Run Genesis Noir?

Genesis Noir is an adventure game from Feral Cat Den, released in 2021. Fellow Traveller published it. It offers a single player campaign. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is localised into 11 languages according to the store listing. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Metacritic places it at 77. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. It carries 17 achievements.

Developer Feral Cat DenPublisher Fellow TravellerRelease 2021Genre Adventure
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUAMD / Intel CPU running at 2.6 GHz or higher
GPURadeon R9 285 (or equivalent) or GeForce GTX 560Ti or newer
RAM6 GB
Storage4 GB
OSWindows 10
DirectX12

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Setting and environment

Genesis Noir places its action in a noir setting, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. The publisher supplies 13 storefront screenshots of these environments. The view is through a point and click interface. That openness is what costs performance. Genesis Noir has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.

Why Genesis Noir is demanding

At 6 GB, system memory is undemanding. Genesis Noir takes about 4 GB of disk space. DirectX 12 is named, so Genesis Noir expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one.

This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.

Can you run Genesis Noir?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the processor is the tightest fit.

Genesis Noir targets a mainstream modern PC: Radeon R9 285 (or equivalent) or GeForce GTX 560Ti or newer and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.

Bottleneck: CPU

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Frequently asked questions

Can my PC run Genesis Noir?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Genesis Noir?

The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD / Intel CPU running at 2.6 GHz or higher; GPU: Radeon R9 285 (or equivalent) or GeForce GTX 560Ti or newer; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.

How much storage does Genesis Noir need?

Genesis Noir needs about 4 GB of available storage.

What is the bottleneck for Genesis Noir?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Genesis Noir is the CPU.