Can I Run Tetris Effect: Connected?
Monstars Inc. released Tetris Effect: Connected in 2021. It is a casual indie game, published by Enhance. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Metacritic places it at 93. The game ships for Windows alone. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing. Cloud saves are enabled. It carries 43 achievements. Its Steam review count passes 8 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i3-4340 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti equivalent or greater |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 (required for VR) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970 equivalent (required for VR) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Tetris Effect: Connected structures its play around self contained puzzle rooms. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Tetris Effect: Connected is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Tetris Effect: Connected. NVIDIA GTX 970 equivalent (required for VR) scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Tetris Effect: Connected within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Disk footprint is light, near 5 GB. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Tetris Effect: Connected at the floor and Tetris Effect: Connected at the recommended tier are not the same experience. 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 Tetris Effect: Connected?
Tetris Effect: Connected is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti equivalent or greater, 4 GB RAM, about 5 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 | Comfortable | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Tetris Effect: Connected'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 Tetris Effect: Connected?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Tetris Effect: Connected?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i3-4340; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti equivalent or greater; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Tetris Effect: Connected need?
Tetris Effect: Connected needs about 5 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Tetris Effect: Connected?
The RTX 3060 runs Tetris Effect: Connected comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Tetris Effect: Connected?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Tetris Effect: Connected is the GPU.