Can I Run Guardians?
Released in 2025, Guardians is an action adventure game built by Marvelous Inc.. Publishing duties went to XSEED Games. It offers a single player campaign. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. Critics scored it 80 on Metacritic. Steam lists support for 8 languages. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Cloud saves are enabled. There are 81 achievements to chase. Its Steam review count passes 2 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 and 11 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-9700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 and 11 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around a plot of land the player works. There are 6 official screenshots to judge the look from. Play is presented in three dimensions.
Why Guardians is demanding
Demand in Guardians is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Guardians scales hard with the hardware you give it. Disk footprint is light, near 20 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Guardians?
Guardians scales across a wide range of hardware. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER is enough to get in at minimum settings, while NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER and 8 GB of RAM is what it recommends for a smoother experience. Where you land mostly comes down to the settings you're willing to trade.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.6x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.27x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Guardians'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 Guardians?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Guardians?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-10400; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 and 11.
How much storage does Guardians need?
Guardians needs about 20 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Guardians?
The RTX 3060 runs Guardians comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Guardians?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Guardians is the GPU.