Can I Run Master of Orion?
Released in 2016, Master of Orion is a strategy game built by NGD Studios. Publishing duties went to Wargaming Labs. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Cloud saves are enabled. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Critics scored it 74 on Metacritic. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. It carries 102 achievements. With more than 7 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is localised into 13 languages according to the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.2 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | nVidia 240, ATI 4650, Intel Integrated HD 4000 or better |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit) |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 2.8GHz or AMD Athlon X4 3.0GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVidia 560, ATI 5870 or better |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit) |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in space and the vessels that cross it. Play is structured around a map at national or global scale. The publisher supplies 15 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Master of Orion is demanding
Master of Orion makes almost no demand of the graphics card. Nearly any machine built in the last decade clears the stated NVidia 560, ATI 5870 target. Master of Orion needs only 4 GB of RAM. The install is small at roughly 15 GB. Master of Orion needs 64 bit Windows. It targets DirectX 9, 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 Master of Orion?
Master of Orion is light on hardware. Its minimum, nVidia 240, ATI 4650, Intel Integrated HD 4000 or better, 2 GB RAM, about 15 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: CPU
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.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Master of Orion?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 2.2 GHz; GPU: nVidia 240, ATI 4650, Intel Integrated HD 4000 or better; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit).
How much storage does Master of Orion need?
Master of Orion needs about 15 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Master of Orion?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Master of Orion is the CPU.