Can I Run Project Zomboid?
The Indie Stone released Project Zomboid in 2013. It is an indie role playing game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Two players can share one screen on a single machine, which is rare enough now to be worth noting. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It is localised into 21 languages according to the store listing. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Its Steam review count passes 349 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel 2.77GHz Quad-core |
|---|---|
| GPU | Dedicated graphics card with 2 GB of RAM minimum, OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 1.2 support (generally 2012 or newer) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB |
| OS | Windows 10, 64 Bit |
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Setting and environment
Project Zomboid places its action in an outbreak scenario, and the player works through hostile territory. The view is from an isometric view. 11 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Project Zomboid is demanding
System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Project Zomboid needs only 2 GB of video memory. Project Zomboid takes about 5 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Project Zomboid?
Project Zomboid targets a mainstream modern PC: Dedicated graphics card with 2 GB of RAM minimum, OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 1.2 support (generally 2012 or newer) and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Project Zomboid?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel 2.77GHz Quad-core; GPU: Dedicated graphics card with 2 GB of RAM minimum, OpenGL 2.1 and GLSL 1.2 support (generally 2012 or newer); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10, 64 Bit.
How much storage does Project Zomboid need?
Project Zomboid needs about 5 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Project Zomboid?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Project Zomboid is the CPU.