Can I Run Planet Coaster 2?
Released in 2024, Planet Coaster 2 is a simulation strategy game built by Frontier Developments. The game supports a single player campaign. Critics scored it 76 on Metacritic. The game ships for Windows alone. With more than 12 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Completionists have 36 achievements to work through. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit (22H2) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5800 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A770 (16GB VRAM) |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10,11 64bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Planet Coaster 2 places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through a city the player lays out. The load here grows with the save. An empty map tells you very little about how the machine will cope once the build is large. The view is in three dimensions. 18 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Planet Coaster 2 is demanding
Demand in Planet Coaster 2 is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super ( in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Planet Coaster 2 asks for 8 GB of video memory, so VRAM capacity matters here as much as speed. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Planet Coaster 2 scales hard with the hardware you give it. Planet Coaster 2 needs 64 bit Windows. Planet Coaster 2 takes about 25 GB of disk space, SSD specified. Planet Coaster 2 calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Planet Coaster 2?
Planet Coaster 2 is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM) 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 | 0.94x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.53x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.24x |
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 | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Planet Coaster 2'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 Planet Coaster 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB VRAM) / AMD Radeon RX 5600XT (6GB VRAM) / Intel Arc A750 (8GB VRAM); 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64bit (22H2).
How much storage does Planet Coaster 2 need?
Planet Coaster 2 needs about 25 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Planet Coaster 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Planet Coaster 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Planet Coaster 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Planet Coaster 2 is the GPU.