Can I Run Star Ocean: The Second Story R?
Released in 2023, Star Ocean: The Second Story R is an action role playing game built by Square Enix. The game supports a single player campaign. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. 9 languages are covered by the store listing. Its Steam review count passes 3 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. The game ships for Windows alone. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. There are 51 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i5-3330 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RX 470 / Intel® Arc™ A750 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game takes place in a fantasy world. The view is in two dimensions. 7 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Star Ocean: The Second Story R is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Star Ocean: The Second Story R. AMD Radeon RX 470 / Intel Arc A750 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Star Ocean: The Second Story R within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Disk footprint is light, near 20 GB. Star Ocean: The Second Story R needs only 8 GB of RAM. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Star Ocean: The Second Story R scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Star Ocean: The Second Story R?
Star Ocean: The Second Story R is light on hardware. Its minimum, AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti, 8 GB RAM, about 20 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 | 2.24x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.56x |
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 Star Ocean: The Second Story R'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 Star Ocean: The Second Story R?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Star Ocean: The Second Story R?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210; GPU: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / Intel® Arc™ A380 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit.
How much storage does Star Ocean: The Second Story R need?
Star Ocean: The Second Story R needs about 20 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Star Ocean: The Second Story R?
The RTX 3060 runs Star Ocean: The Second Story R comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Star Ocean: The Second Story R?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Star Ocean: The Second Story R is the GPU.