Can I Run The Ascent PC?
The Ascent PC is an action adventure game from Neon Giant, released in 2021. KRAFTON, Inc. published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. With more than 18 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. Steam gates it behind an age check at 18. Completionists have 66 achievements to work through. 10 languages are covered by the store listing. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. At 5 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core Intel Core i5-3470 (4 * 3200) or equivalent / AMD FX-8350 (4 * 4000) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 660 ( 2048 MB) / Radeon R9 390X (8192 MB) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 x64 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700K (4 * 4000) or equivalent / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (6 * 3400) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Geforce GTX 1070 (8192 MB) / Radeon RX 5700 (8192 MB) |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 x64 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a cyberpunk future. Play is structured around combat arenas. It is played from an isometric view. 14 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why The Ascent PC is demanding
Demand in The Ascent PC is ordinary. The publisher has Geforce GTX 1070 ( in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. The Ascent PC takes about 35 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Ascent PC?
The Ascent PC targets a mainstream modern PC: GeForce GTX 660 ( 2048 MB) / Radeon R9 390X (8192 MB) and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Geforce GTX 1070 (8192 MB) / Radeon RX 5700 (8192 MB) 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 | Runs well | 1.31x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.74x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
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 The Ascent PC'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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Can my PC run The Ascent PC?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Ascent PC?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core Intel Core i5-3470 (4 * 3200) or equivalent / AMD FX-8350 (4 * 4000) or equivalent; GPU: GeForce GTX 660 ( 2048 MB) / Radeon R9 390X (8192 MB); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 x64.
How much storage does The Ascent PC need?
The Ascent PC needs about 35 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Ascent PC?
The RTX 3060 runs The Ascent PC comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Ascent PC?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Ascent PC is the GPU.