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Can I Run Serious Sam 4?

Released in 2020, Serious Sam 4 is an action adventure game built by Croteam. Publishing duties went to Devolver Digital. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Completionists have 54 achievements to work through. Its Metacritic score stands at 68. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Being 6 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Over 15 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported.

Developer CroteamPublisher Devolver DigitalRelease 2020Genre Action, Adventure, Indie
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU4-core CPU @ 2.5 GHz
GPUnVidia GeForce 780/970/1050 or AMD Radeon 7950/280/470 (3 GB VRAM)
VRAM3 GB
RAM8 GB
Storage42 GB
OSWindows 10 64-bit
DirectX11

Recommended requirements

CPU8-core CPU @ 3.3 GHz
GPUnVidia GeForce 1080/2060 or AMD Radeon Vega64/5700 (8 GB VRAM)
VRAM8 GB
RAM16 GB
Storage42 GB
OSWindows 10 64-bit (1909)
DirectX11

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Setting and environment

Play is built around combat arenas. Play is presented from a first person view. There are 7 official screenshots to judge the look from.

Why Serious Sam 4 is demanding

Serious Sam 4 needs 64 bit Windows. Serious Sam 4 expects 16 GB of system memory. It wants 8 GB of video memory, which rules out the 6 GB cards that are otherwise quick enough. The install is small at roughly 42 GB.

This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.

Can you run Serious Sam 4?

93%
Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the processor is the tightest fit.

Serious Sam 4 leans on the processor more than the graphics card, its minimum CPU, a 4-core CPU @ 2.5 GHz, is what most builds trip over. A strong multi-core CPU paired with a mid-range card is the right shape here, the minimum GPU is a nVidia GeForce 780/970/1050 or AMD Radeon 7950/280/470 (3 GB VRAM), not a top-end GPU.

Bottleneck: CPU

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Frequently asked questions

Can my PC run Serious Sam 4?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Serious Sam 4?

The minimum requirements are CPU: 4-core CPU @ 2.5 GHz; GPU: nVidia GeForce 780/970/1050 or AMD Radeon 7950/280/470 (3 GB VRAM); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit.

How much storage does Serious Sam 4 need?

Serious Sam 4 needs about 42 GB of available storage.

What is the bottleneck for Serious Sam 4?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Serious Sam 4 is the CPU.