Can I Run Squad?
Released in 2020, Squad is an action indie game built by Offworld. It offers cooperative play. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. It is localised into 9 languages according to the store listing. Its Steam review count passes 178 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. The game ships for Windows alone. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 580 with at least 6GB of VRAM |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 65 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (x64) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-12400, AMD Ryzen 5600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 65 GB |
| OS | Windows 11 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Squad places its action in a military setting, and the player works through tight tactical maps. It is played from a first person view. 20 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Squad is demanding
Demand in Squad is ordinary. The publisher has Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Squad scales hard with the hardware you give it. Squad names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first. Disk footprint is light, near 65 GB. Squad names just 6 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Squad calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Squad?
Older hardware holds up here: Squad runs on modest graphics, with Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 580 with at least 6GB of VRAM enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Squad needs about 65 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.56x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.25x |
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 | Playable |
| 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 Squad'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 Squad?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Squad?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 3600; GPU: Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 580 with at least 6GB of VRAM; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (x64).
How much storage does Squad need?
Squad needs about 65 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Squad?
The RTX 3060 runs Squad comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Squad?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Squad is the GPU.