Can I Run Into the Loop?
Creational Labs released Into the Loop in 2021. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. It carries 47 achievements. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. The game ships for Windows alone.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-380M or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD 4000 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 0.29 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 10 |
Recommended requirements
Single source, verify with the publisher source
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Setting and environment
Into the Loop places its action in a deliberately retro presentation, and the player works through layouts the game generates fresh each time. Play is presented from a side on view. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments. Generating a fresh layout every run is processor work, so a weak CPU shows up as a pause between areas.
Why Into the Loop is demanding
Into the Loop makes almost no demand of the graphics card. Nearly any machine built in the last decade clears the stated Intel HD 4000 target. The install is small at roughly 0 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB. It targets DirectX 10, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Into the Loop?
Into the Loop is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD 4000, 2 GB RAM, about 0.29 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 | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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 Into the Loop'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 Into the Loop?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Into the Loop?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-380M or equivalent; GPU: Intel HD 4000; 2 GB RAM.
How much storage does Into the Loop need?
Into the Loop needs about 0.29 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Into the Loop?
The RTX 3060 runs Into the Loop comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Into the Loop?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Into the Loop is the GPU.