Can I Run Rivals of Aether II?
Aether Studios released Rivals of Aether II in 2024. It is an action indie game, self published by the studio. The game supports competitive multiplayer. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. With more than 6 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. 7 languages are covered by the store listing. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. There are 71 achievements to chase. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3.0 GHz Dual core |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 470, or better |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Window 10+ 64 Bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 3.5+ GHz Quad core |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 470, or better |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Window 10+ 64 Bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one on one arenas. It is played in two dimensions. The publisher supplies 6 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Rivals of Aether II is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Rivals of Aether II. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 470 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Rivals of Aether II within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The install is small at roughly 20 GB. Rivals of Aether II expects 16 GB of system memory. Rivals of Aether II needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Rivals of Aether II?
Older hardware holds up here: Rivals of Aether II runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 470, or better enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.24x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.56x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Rivals of Aether II'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 Rivals of Aether II?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Rivals of Aether II?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3.0 GHz Dual core; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 470, or better; 8 GB RAM; OS: Window 10+ 64 Bit.
How much storage does Rivals of Aether II need?
Rivals of Aether II needs about 20 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Rivals of Aether II?
The RTX 3060 runs Rivals of Aether II comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Rivals of Aether II?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Rivals of Aether II is the GPU.