Can I Run Sanctum 2?
Released in 2013, Sanctum 2 is an action indie game built by Coffee Stain Studios. Publishing duties went to Coffee Stain Publishing. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Its Steam review count passes 7 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Completionists have 50 achievements to work through. Metacritic places it at 77. 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. 6 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 1.6 GHz Dual Core Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | Shader Model 3.0, 256 MB VRAM |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows XP (SP3) |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 2.0 GHz Quad Core Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB VRAM |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista, 7 or 8 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a science fiction setting, moving through fixed lanes the player fortifies. There are 5 official screenshots to judge the look from. The view is from a first person view.
Why Sanctum 2 is demanding
The install is small at roughly 4 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB. It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Sanctum 2?
Sanctum 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: Shader Model 3.0, 256 MB VRAM and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB VRAM for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Sanctum 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Sanctum 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 1.6 GHz Dual Core Processor; GPU: Shader Model 3.0, 256 MB VRAM; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP (SP3).
How much storage does Sanctum 2 need?
Sanctum 2 needs about 4 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Sanctum 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Sanctum 2 is the CPU.