Can I Run Steamworld Build?
Released in 2023, Steamworld Build is a simulation strategy game built by The Station. Publishing duties went to Thunderful Publishing. It offers a single player campaign. Cloud saves are enabled. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. There are 28 achievements to chase. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. 13 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 8400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-9700F @ 3.00GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a gentle, brightly drawn world. Play is structured around a city the player lays out. The publisher supplies 13 storefront screenshots of these environments. What taxes the PC is the number of things being simulated, which means the requirements describe the start of a game, not the end of one.
Why Steamworld Build is demanding
The ask Steamworld Build makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Steamworld Build needs only 8 GB of RAM. Steamworld Build takes about 4 GB of disk space. Steamworld Build needs 64 bit Windows. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Steamworld Build at the floor and Steamworld Build at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Steamworld Build?
Steamworld Build is light on hardware. Its minimum, Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050, 8 GB RAM, about 4 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 | Runs well | 1.42x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.8x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.35x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| 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 Steamworld Build'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 Steamworld Build?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Steamworld Build?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 8400; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit.
How much storage does Steamworld Build need?
Steamworld Build needs about 4 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Steamworld Build?
The RTX 3060 runs Steamworld Build comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Steamworld Build?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Steamworld Build is the GPU.