Can I Run Mars Odyssey?
Mars Odyssey is a single player VR simulator experience. Land on the red planet. Walk the surface of Mars in your living room and interact with full-scale, realistic NASA Landers and Rovers. Learn abo...
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 or greater / AMD FX 8350 or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD R9 390 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 or greater / AMD FX 8350 or greater |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 / AMD R9 390X |
| RAM | 0.02 GB |
| Storage | 0 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Requirements unverified, shown for reference source
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Can you run Mars Odyssey?
Mars Odyssey is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD R9 390 clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.73x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.98x |
| 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 Mars Odyssey'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 Mars Odyssey?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Mars Odyssey?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-4590 or greater / AMD FX 8350 or greater; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / AMD R9 390; 16 GB RAM.
How much storage does Mars Odyssey need?
Mars Odyssey needs about 5 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Mars Odyssey?
The RTX 3060 runs Mars Odyssey comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Mars Odyssey?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Mars Odyssey is the GPU.