Can I Run House of the Dying Sun?
House of the Dying Sun is an action indie game from Marauder Interactive, LLC, released in 2016. Marauder Interactive, LLC both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign. Metacritic places it at 76. Completionists have 38 achievements to work through. 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. 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. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.4GHz Quad Core Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 9.0c compatible, 2048 MB of VRAM |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater (DX11 for VR) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
House of the Dying Sun places its action in space and the vessels that cross it, and the player works through open space and the ships that cross it. 6 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a first person view.
Why House of the Dying Sun is demanding
House of the Dying Sun is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater (DX11 for VR) target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear House of the Dying Sun. At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding. The install is small at roughly 2 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run House of the Dying Sun?
House of the Dying Sun targets a mainstream modern PC: DirectX 9.0c compatible, 2048 MB of VRAM and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater (DX11 for VR) 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 | 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 House of the Dying Sun'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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The Last of Us Part IFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run House of the Dying Sun?
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What are the minimum system requirements for House of the Dying Sun?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.4GHz Quad Core Processor; GPU: DirectX 9.0c compatible, 2048 MB of VRAM; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7.
How much storage does House of the Dying Sun need?
House of the Dying Sun needs about 2 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run House of the Dying Sun?
The RTX 3060 runs House of the Dying Sun comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for House of the Dying Sun?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for House of the Dying Sun is the GPU.