Can I Run Guardians of Orion?
Guardians of Orion is an action indie game from DANKIE, released in 2016. DANKIE both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. 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 is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. Over 2 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. There are 7 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-4370 | AMD FX-6130 or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7 6700 or AMD Ryzen 5 3500x |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD RX Vega-56 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around combat arenas. There are 56 official screenshots to judge the look from. The view is from a first person view.
Why Guardians of Orion is demanding
Guardians of Orion sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD RX Vega-56, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Disk footprint is light, near 20 GB. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Guardians of Orion?
Guardians of Orion targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD RX Vega-56 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.31x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.74x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Guardians of Orion'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 of Orion?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Guardians of Orion?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-4370 | AMD FX-6130 or better; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Guardians of Orion need?
Guardians of Orion needs about 20 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Guardians of Orion?
The RTX 3060 runs Guardians of Orion comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Guardians of Orion?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Guardians of Orion is the GPU.