Can I Run Ice Station Z?
Wobbly Tooth released Ice Station Z in 2021. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Steam lists support for 6 languages. At 5 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Its 184 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Completionists have 13 achievements to work through. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | i3 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GTX750 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 0.59 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through spaces built for exploration. It is played in three dimensions. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Ice Station Z has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. 6 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Ice Station Z is demanding
Graphics requirements for Ice Station Z are minimal, with GTX750 named as the bar. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. The install is small at roughly 1 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Ice Station Z?
Ice Station Z is light on hardware. Its minimum, GTX750, 8 GB RAM, about 0.59 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 | 6.54x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 3.68x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 1.63x |
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 Ice Station Z'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 Ice Station Z?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Ice Station Z?
The minimum requirements are CPU: i3; GPU: GTX750; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Ice Station Z need?
Ice Station Z needs about 0.59 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Ice Station Z?
The RTX 3060 runs Ice Station Z comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Ice Station Z?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Ice Station Z is the GPU.