Can I Run Starmade?
Released in 2014, Starmade is an action adventure game built by Schine GmbH. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is localised into 9 languages according to the store listing. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. Over 2 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3 (2nd Generation and above) | AMD FX 6xxx or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 260, 275, 280, 460 SE, 550 Ti | AMD Radeon HD 4870, 5770, 4890, 5830, 6770, 6790 or equivalent with OpenGL 2.1 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 - 64 bit |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 560, 650 Ti, 750 | AMD Radeon HD 5850, 6870, 7790 (or equivalent) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB |
| OS | Windows 7/8/10 - 64 bit |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in space and the vessels that cross it, moving through an open sandbox. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Starmade can never assume the player will stop and let it load. 14 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Starmade is demanding
A 64 bit version of Windows is required. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Starmade takes about 3 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Starmade?
Starmade targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260, 275, 280, 460 SE, 550 Ti | AMD Radeon HD 4870, 5770, 4890, 5830, 6770, 6790 or equivalent with OpenGL 2.1 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 560, 650 Ti, 750 | AMD Radeon HD 5850, 6870, 7790 (or equivalent) for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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What are the minimum system requirements for Starmade?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3 (2nd Generation and above) | AMD FX 6xxx or equivalent; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260, 275, 280, 460 SE, 550 Ti | AMD Radeon HD 4870, 5770, 4890, 5830, 6770, 6790 or equivalent with OpenGL 2.1; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 - 64 bit.
How much storage does Starmade need?
Starmade needs about 3 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Starmade?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Starmade is the CPU.