Can I Run Medieval Engineers?
Medieval Engineers is an action indie game from Keen Software House, released in 2015. Keen Software House both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Over 5 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Quad Core i7 @ 4.5 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56 or higher |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around one continuous open world. 33 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Medieval Engineers can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Medieval Engineers is demanding
Demand in Medieval Engineers is ordinary. The publisher has Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. The install is small at roughly 10 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Medieval Engineers?
Medieval Engineers targets a mainstream modern PC: Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Geforce 1070 GTX / Radeon RX Vega 56 or higher for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
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 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 Medieval Engineers'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 Medieval Engineers?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Medieval Engineers?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5 @ 3.0 GHz or higher (or AMD equivalent); GPU: Geforce 750/Radeon R9 270X or higher; 8 GB RAM; OS: Microsoft Windows 10 (latest SP) 64-bit.
How much storage does Medieval Engineers need?
Medieval Engineers needs about 10 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Medieval Engineers?
The RTX 3060 runs Medieval Engineers comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Medieval Engineers?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Medieval Engineers is the GPU.