Can I Run Nuclear Option?
Nuclear Option is an action indie game from Shockfront Studios, released in 2023. Shockfront Studios both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Over 9 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. Workshop content is supported, so the published requirements describe the unmodded game only. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (or equivalent) |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / Radeon RX 560 / Intel Arc A380 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12400F / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (or equivalent) |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 3050 (8GB) / Radeon RX 6600 / Intel Arc A580 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 / 11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a military setting, moving through open airspace. Play is presented in three dimensions. 20 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Nuclear Option is demanding
Nuclear Option sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting GeForce RTX 3050 (, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Nuclear Option scales hard with the hardware you give it. Nuclear Option calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. The install is small at roughly 4 GB. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Nuclear Option?
Nuclear Option is light on hardware. Its minimum, GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / Radeon RX 560 / Intel Arc A380, 8 GB RAM, about 4 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 | Runs well | 1.33x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.75x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
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 Nuclear Option'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 Nuclear Option?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Nuclear Option?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (or equivalent); GPU: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / Radeon RX 560 / Intel Arc A380; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Nuclear Option need?
Nuclear Option needs about 4 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Nuclear Option?
The RTX 3060 runs Nuclear Option comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Nuclear Option?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Nuclear Option is the GPU.