Can I Run Outer Wilds?
Outer Wilds is an action adventure game from Mobius Digital, released in 2020. Annapurna Interactive published it. The game supports a single player campaign. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. The game ships for Windows alone. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. There are 31 achievements to chase. Steam lists support for 13 languages. With more than 87 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Critics scored it 85 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in space and the vessels that cross it, moving through spaces built for exploration. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Outer Wilds can never assume the player will stop and let it load. There are 5 official screenshots to judge the look from. The view is from a first person view.
Why Outer Wilds is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Outer Wilds. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Outer Wilds within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Outer Wilds takes about 8 GB of disk space. Outer Wilds needs only 2 GB of video memory. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Outer Wilds?
Outer Wilds targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580 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 | Comfortable | 1.89x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.47x |
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 well |
| 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 Outer Wilds'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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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Outer Wilds?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Outer Wilds need?
Outer Wilds needs about 8 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Outer Wilds?
The RTX 3060 runs Outer Wilds comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Outer Wilds?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Outer Wilds is the GPU.