Can I Run Iron Harvest?
Released in 2020, Iron Harvest is a strategy game built by KING Art. Publishing duties went to Prime Matter. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. It carries 25 achievements. The game ships for Windows alone. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. Its Steam review count passes 11 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Its Metacritic score stands at 75.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 or AMD equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 960 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 x64 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 8700k or AMD equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 x64 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a wartime setting. Play is structured around a base the player builds up. 26 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Simulation heavy building games lean harder on the processor as the map fills, so late game performance rarely matches the opening hours.
Why Iron Harvest is demanding
Iron Harvest sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD equivalent, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Iron Harvest takes about 30 GB of disk space. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Iron Harvest at the floor and Iron Harvest at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Iron Harvest names just 4 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Iron Harvest?
Older hardware holds up here: Iron Harvest runs on modest graphics, with GeForce GTX 960 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB VRAM enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 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 | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Iron Harvest'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 Iron Harvest?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 or AMD equivalent; GPU: GeForce GTX 960 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB VRAM; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 x64.
How much storage does Iron Harvest need?
Iron Harvest needs about 30 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Iron Harvest?
The RTX 3060 runs Iron Harvest comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Iron Harvest?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Iron Harvest is the GPU.