Can I Run Into the Pit?
Released in 2021, Into the Pit is an action indie game built by Nullpointer Games. Publishing duties went to Balor Games. It offers a single player campaign. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. 6 languages are covered by the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone. Completionists have 10 achievements to work through. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. It carries 143 Steam reviews, a small sample, so first hand performance reports are thin. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8250U (4 * 1800), AMD Ryzen 3 2200G (4 * 3500), or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce MX 150 (2048 VRAM), Radeon RX 550 (4096 VRAM), or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-7700HQ (2 * 2800), AMD FX-9590 (8 * 4700), or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1060 (6144 VRAM), Radeon R9 390X (8192 VRAM), or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Verified from Steam · 20 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a bleak fantasy world, moving through runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. Generating a fresh layout every run is processor work, so a weak CPU shows up as a pause between areas. It is played in three dimensions. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Into the Pit is demanding
Demand in Into the Pit is ordinary. The publisher has GeForce GTX 1060 (6144 VRAM), Radeon R9 390X (8192 VRAM) in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Into the Pit at the floor and Into the Pit at the recommended tier are not the same experience. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. Disk footprint is light, near 3 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Into the Pit?
Into the Pit is light on hardware. Its minimum, GeForce MX 150 (2048 VRAM), Radeon RX 550 (4096 VRAM), or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, about 3 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 | 1.7x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.96x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
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 well |
| 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 Into the Pit'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 Into the Pit?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Into the Pit?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-8250U (4 * 1800), AMD Ryzen 3 2200G (4 * 3500), or equivalent; GPU: GeForce MX 150 (2048 VRAM), Radeon RX 550 (4096 VRAM), or equivalent; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Into the Pit need?
Into the Pit needs about 3 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Into the Pit?
The RTX 3060 runs Into the Pit comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Into the Pit?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Into the Pit is the GPU.