Can I Run Radio Commander?
Radio Commander is an indie simulation game from Serious Sim, released in 2019. Slitherine Ltd. published it. The game supports a single player campaign. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Critics scored it 65 on Metacritic. Being 7 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Builds exist for macOS and Linux as well as Windows. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Steam lists support for 9 languages. Completionists have 49 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel Core i3, AMD Phenom II) |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD6870 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel Core i3, AMD Phenom II) |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce 1060, Radeon RX 580 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Radio Commander places its action in the Cold War, and the player works through systems the player balances from above. The view is from a first person view. There are 14 official screenshots to judge the look from. 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.
Why Radio Commander is demanding
Radio Commander is undemanding on the graphics side. Its GeForce 1060, Radeon RX 580 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Radio Commander. Radio Commander needs only 4 GB of RAM. The install is small at roughly 4 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Radio Commander?
Radio Commander targets a mainstream modern PC: GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD6870 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to GeForce 1060, Radeon RX 580 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM 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 Radio Commander'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
Can my PC run Radio Commander?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Radio Commander?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel Core i3, AMD Phenom II); GPU: GeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD6870; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Radio Commander need?
Radio Commander needs about 4 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Radio Commander?
The RTX 3060 runs Radio Commander comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Radio Commander?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Radio Commander is the GPU.