Can I Run Grim Fandango Remastered?
Double Fine Productions released Grim Fandango Remastered in 2015. It is an adventure game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. It carries 47 achievements. Its Metacritic score stands at 84. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Steam lists support for 6 languages. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Its Steam review count passes 7 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, AMD Athlon™ X2 2.8 GHz, or higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | ATI Radeon HD 4650 / NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 / Intel HD 4000 Graphics, or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 6 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista or Later |
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Setting and environment
Grim Fandango Remastered places its action in a noir setting, and the player works through self contained puzzle rooms. The view is through a point and click interface. There are 6 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Grim Fandango Remastered is demanding
Grim Fandango Remastered barely touches the GPU. Its stated ATI Radeon HD 4650 / NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 / Intel HD 4000 Graphics target is below anything currently sold. Disk footprint is light, near 6 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 4 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Grim Fandango Remastered?
Grim Fandango Remastered is light on hardware. Its minimum, ATI Radeon HD 4650 / NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 / Intel HD 4000 Graphics, or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, about 6 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 | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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 Grim Fandango Remastered'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 Grim Fandango Remastered?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Grim Fandango Remastered?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, AMD Athlon™ X2 2.8 GHz, or higher; GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4650 / NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 / Intel HD 4000 Graphics, or equivalent; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista or Later.
How much storage does Grim Fandango Remastered need?
Grim Fandango Remastered needs about 6 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Grim Fandango Remastered?
The RTX 3060 runs Grim Fandango Remastered comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Grim Fandango Remastered?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Grim Fandango Remastered is the GPU.