Can I Run Gunk?
Image & Form Games released Gunk in 2022. It is an action adventure game, published by Thunderful Publishing. It offers a single player campaign. Steam lists support for 9 languages. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. There are 17 achievements to chase. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. With more than 4 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-6100/Intel i3-3220 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 580/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 11 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 1700/Intel i7-6700K or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56/NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 11 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around spaces built for exploration. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a third person view. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Gunk can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Gunk is demanding
Gunk is undemanding on the graphics side. Its AMD Radeon RX Vega 56/NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Gunk. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Gunk takes about 11 GB of disk space. DirectX 12 is named, so Gunk 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 Gunk?
Older hardware holds up here: Gunk runs on modest graphics, with AMD Radeon RX 580/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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 | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Gunk'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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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Gunk?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD FX-6100/Intel i3-3220 or equivalent; GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 version 18362.0 or higher.
How much storage does Gunk need?
Gunk needs about 11 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Gunk?
The RTX 3060 runs Gunk comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Gunk?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Gunk is the GPU.