Can I Run Starfield?
Bethesda Game Studios released Starfield in 2023. It is a role playing game, published by Bethesda Softworks. The game supports a single player campaign. Completionists have 82 achievements to work through. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Cloud saves are enabled. With more than 114 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. 9 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 125 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel i5-10600K |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 125 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 with updates |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in space and the vessels that cross it. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The view is from a first person view. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Starfield can never assume the player will stop and let it load. 9 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Starfield is demanding
Demand in Starfield is ordinary. The publisher has AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Starfield calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Starfield wants about 125 GB of disk space on an SSD, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Starfield 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 Starfield?
Free up space before installing Starfield: it needs roughly 125 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti and 16 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Starfield needs about 125 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 0.9x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.51x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.23x |
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 | Below minimum |
| 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 well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Starfield'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 Starfield?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Starfield?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, Intel Core i7-6800K; GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700, NVIDIA GeForce 1070 Ti; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (10.0.19043).
How much storage does Starfield need?
Starfield needs about 125 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Starfield?
The RTX 3060 runs Starfield comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Starfield?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Starfield is the GPU.