Can I Run Moonlighter?
Released in 2025, Moonlighter is an action adventure game built by Digital Sun. Publishing duties went to 11 bit studios. The game supports a single player campaign. Over 2 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. The game ships for Windows alone. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing. It carries 50 achievements. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 2700 or Intel Core i5-10400F |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT or NVidia GeForce GTX 1650 or Intel Arc A750 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or Intel Core i5-12500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 5700 or NVidia GeForce RTX 3060 or Intel Arc A770 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. Because the game assembles its spaces as it goes, the cost lands on the CPU in bursts rather than steadily on the GPU. The publisher supplies 33 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Moonlighter is demanding
The ask Moonlighter makes is moderate. AMD Radeon RX 5700 or NVidia GeForce RTX 3060 or Intel Arc A770 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. DirectX 12 is named, so Moonlighter expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Moonlighter scales hard with the hardware you give it. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Disk footprint is light, near 5 GB on an SSD.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Moonlighter?
Moonlighter is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT or NVidia GeForce GTX 1650 or Intel Arc A750 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 | Borderline | 1.1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.62x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.27x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Moonlighter'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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What are the minimum system requirements for Moonlighter?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 or Intel Core i5-10400F; GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT or NVidia GeForce GTX 1650 or Intel Arc A750; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit.
How much storage does Moonlighter need?
Moonlighter needs about 5 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Moonlighter?
The RTX 3060 runs Moonlighter comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Moonlighter?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Moonlighter is the GPU.