Can I Run Slender: The Arrival?
Blue Isle Studios released Slender: The Arrival in 2013. It is an action adventure game, published by Blue Isle Publishing. The game supports a single player campaign. With more than 7 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 21 achievements to chase. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Critics scored it 65 on Metacritic. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. Steam lists support for 10 languages. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Ryzen 3600 or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | GTX 1060 with 4gb of ram or better |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit (Version 20H2) or Better |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Ryzen 3600 or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | RTX 2070 with 6gb ram or better |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit (Version 20H2) or Better |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a horror setting, moving through environments built to be read rather than fought through. It is played from a first person view. 13 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Slender: The Arrival is demanding
Slender: The Arrival sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting RTX 2070, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Slender: The Arrival expects 16 GB of system memory. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. DirectX 12 is named, so Slender: The Arrival expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Slender: The Arrival names just 6 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. Slender: The Arrival takes about 20 GB of disk space, SSD specified. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Slender: The Arrival at the floor and Slender: The Arrival at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Slender: The Arrival?
Slender: The Arrival scales across a wide range of hardware. GTX 1060 with 4gb of ram or better is enough to get in at minimum settings, while RTX 2070 with 6gb ram or better and 8 GB of RAM is what it recommends for a smoother experience. Where you land mostly comes down to the settings you're willing to trade.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1.03x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.58x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.26x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Slender: The Arrival'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 Slender: The Arrival?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Slender: The Arrival?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Ryzen 3600 or better; GPU: GTX 1060 with 4gb of ram or better; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 20H2) or Better.
How much storage does Slender: The Arrival need?
Slender: The Arrival needs about 20 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Slender: The Arrival?
The RTX 3060 runs Slender: The Arrival comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Slender: The Arrival?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Slender: The Arrival is the GPU.