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Can I Run Space Wars: Interstellar Empires?

Space Wars: Interstellar Empires is a turn-based tactical strategy game where you side with a powerful galactic faction, each with its own fleet and play style, and gain access to hundreds of distinct...

Developer Desert Owl Games LLCPublisher ToHeroes Game Studios LLCRelease 2017
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU2.4 GHz CPU or greater
GPUIntel HD 4000, GeForce GTX 760M, Radeon HD 7730
RAM4 GB
Storage5 GB HDD

Recommended requirements

CPU2.6 GHz CPU or greater
GPUGeForce GTX 760, Radeon HD 8990
RAM8 GB
Storage5 GB HDD
OSWindows 10

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Can you run Space Wars: Interstellar Empires?

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

Space Wars: Interstellar Empires is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD 4000, GeForce GTX 760M, Radeon HD 7730, 4 GB RAM, about 5 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

ResolutionProjectionHeadroom
1080pComfortable3.95x
1440pComfortable2.22x
4KBorderline0.99x

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 cardVerdict
GTX 1060 6 GBRuns great
GTX 1060 LaptopRuns great
GTX 1650 4 GBRuns great
GTX 1650 LaptopRuns great
RTX 2060 6 GBRuns great
RTX 2060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3060 12 GBRuns great
RTX 3060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4060 8 GBRuns great
RTX 4060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3070 8 GBRuns great
RTX 3070 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4070 12 GBRuns great
RTX 4070 LaptopRuns great
RX 6600 8 GBRuns great

Each card is compared against Space Wars: Interstellar Empires'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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Frequently asked questions

Can my PC run Space Wars: Interstellar Empires?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Space Wars: Interstellar Empires?

The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.4 GHz CPU or greater; GPU: Intel HD 4000, GeForce GTX 760M, Radeon HD 7730; 4 GB RAM.

How much storage does Space Wars: Interstellar Empires need?

Space Wars: Interstellar Empires needs about 5 GB of HDD storage.

Can an RTX 3060 run Space Wars: Interstellar Empires?

The RTX 3060 runs Space Wars: Interstellar Empires comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.

What is the bottleneck for Space Wars: Interstellar Empires?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Space Wars: Interstellar Empires is the GPU.