Can I Run Space Otter Charlie?
Space Otter Charlie is an action adventure game from Wayward Distractions, released in 2021. The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild published it. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Two players can share one screen on a single machine, which is rare enough now to be worth noting. Builds exist for macOS as well as Windows. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Completionists have 31 achievements to work through. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is localised into 8 languages according to the store listing. At 5 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 2.3GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 1.27 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 9.0 |
Recommended requirements
Single source, verify with the publisher source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in space and the vessels that cross it. Play is structured around spaces built for exploration. It is played in two dimensions. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Space Otter Charlie has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Space Otter Charlie is demanding
Space Otter Charlie barely touches the GPU. Its stated Intel HD Graphics 4000 target is below anything currently sold. Disk footprint is light, near 1 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB. It targets DirectX 9.0, 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 Space Otter Charlie?
Space Otter Charlie is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 2 GB RAM, about 1.27 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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 Space Otter Charlie'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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The Last of Us Part IFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run Space Otter Charlie?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Space Otter Charlie?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5 2.3GHz; GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000; 2 GB RAM.
How much storage does Space Otter Charlie need?
Space Otter Charlie needs about 1.27 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Space Otter Charlie?
The RTX 3060 runs Space Otter Charlie comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Space Otter Charlie?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Space Otter Charlie is the GPU.