Can I Run Island of the Lost?
Island of the Lost is an adventure casual game from James Smart, released in 2021. James Smart both developed and published it. 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. The game ships for Windows alone. It carries 90 achievements.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i3 or AMD Ryzen™ 3 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950 or AMD Radeon™ R7 370 |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480 |
| RAM | 0.01 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Island of the Lost places its action in a mystery to unpick, and the player works through environments built to be read rather than fought through. 23 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a first person view.
Why Island of the Lost is demanding
Island of the Lost is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Island of the Lost. At 0.01 GB, system memory is undemanding. Island of the Lost takes about 4 GB of disk space. Island of the Lost calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Island of the Lost scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Island of the Lost?
Island of the Lost is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950 or AMD Radeon™ R7 370, 6 GB RAM, about 4 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 | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
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 Island of the Lost'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 Island of the Lost?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Island of the Lost?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i3 or AMD Ryzen™ 3; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950 or AMD Radeon™ R7 370; 6 GB RAM.
How much storage does Island of the Lost need?
Island of the Lost needs about 4 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Island of the Lost?
The RTX 3060 runs Island of the Lost comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Island of the Lost?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Island of the Lost is the GPU.