Can I Run Nine Sols?
RedCandleGames released Nine Sols in 2024. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It is localised into 14 languages according to the store listing. Over 38 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Completionists have 35 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 | Intel i5 Skylake |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 970 | AMD RX 570 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a bleak fantasy world, moving through an interconnected map that opens up as you gain abilities. The publisher supplies 12 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented in two dimensions.
Why Nine Sols is demanding
The graphics requirement for Nine Sols is light. Hardware around Nvidia GTX 970 | AMD RX 570 is enough, so Nine Sols runs on machines never bought for gaming. Nine Sols needs 64 bit Windows. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Nine Sols at the floor and Nine Sols at the recommended tier are not the same experience. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. Nine Sols takes about 15 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Nine Sols?
Nine Sols is light on hardware. Its minimum, Nvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370, 8 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: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.07x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.17x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.52x |
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 great |
| 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 Nine Sols'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 Nine Sols?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Nine Sols?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Athlon X4 | Intel Core i5 4460; GPU: Nvidia GTX 950 | AMD R7 370; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64bit.
How much storage does Nine Sols need?
Nine Sols needs about 15 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Nine Sols?
The RTX 3060 runs Nine Sols comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Nine Sols?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Nine Sols is the GPU.