Can I Run Surviving the Aftermath?
Released in 2021, Surviving the Aftermath is a simulation strategy game built by Iceflake Studios. Publishing duties went to Paradox Interactive. It offers a single player campaign. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. It carries 74 achievements. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. With more than 3 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® iCore™ i5-2500K or AMD® AMD® FX 6350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 or AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K or AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX770 or AMD® Radeon™ R9 380 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 Home 64 bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a world after its collapse. Play is structured around a city the player lays out. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments. It is played from an isometric view. 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 Surviving the Aftermath is demanding
The graphics requirement for Surviving the Aftermath is light. Hardware around Nvidia GeForce GTX770 or AMD Radeon R9 380 is enough, so Surviving the Aftermath runs on machines never bought for gaming. Disk footprint is light, near 4 GB. Surviving the Aftermath needs 64 bit Windows. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Surviving the Aftermath?
Surviving the Aftermath targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 or AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX770 or AMD® Radeon™ R9 380 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 3.27x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 1.84x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.82x |
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 Surviving the Aftermath'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
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What are the minimum system requirements for Surviving the Aftermath?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® iCore™ i5-2500K or AMD® AMD® FX 6350; GPU: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 or AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 bit.
How much storage does Surviving the Aftermath need?
Surviving the Aftermath needs about 4 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Surviving the Aftermath?
The RTX 3060 runs Surviving the Aftermath comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Surviving the Aftermath?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Surviving the Aftermath is the GPU.