Can I Run Stranded: Alien Dawn?
Stranded: Alien Dawn is a simulation strategy game from Haemimont Games, released in 2023. Paradox Interactive published it. It offers a single player campaign. 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. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing. Its Metacritic score stands at 81. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. There are 58 achievements to chase. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. With more than 9 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i7-6700 or AMD FX 8370 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Radeon RX 480 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10, 11 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Stranded: Alien Dawn places its action in a science fiction setting, and the player works through hostile territory. The publisher supplies 12 storefront screenshots of these environments. The view is in three dimensions.
Why Stranded: Alien Dawn is demanding
Stranded: Alien Dawn sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 5600 XT, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Stranded: Alien Dawn at the floor and Stranded: Alien Dawn at the recommended tier are not the same experience. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. DirectX 12 is named, so Stranded: Alien Dawn expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Stranded: Alien Dawn expects 16 GB of system memory. Disk footprint is light, near 15 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Stranded: Alien Dawn?
Stranded: Alien Dawn is light on hardware. Its minimum, Radeon RX 480 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 8 GB RAM, about 15 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 | 1.26x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.71x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.31x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Stranded: Alien Dawn'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 Stranded: Alien Dawn?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Stranded: Alien Dawn?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i7-6700 or AMD FX 8370; GPU: Radeon RX 480 or GeForce GTX 1050 Ti; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64bit.
How much storage does Stranded: Alien Dawn need?
Stranded: Alien Dawn needs about 15 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Stranded: Alien Dawn?
The RTX 3060 runs Stranded: Alien Dawn comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Stranded: Alien Dawn?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Stranded: Alien Dawn is the GPU.