Can I Run The Assembly?
nDreams released The Assembly in 2016. It is an adventure indie game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Its 134 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one. Completionists have 29 achievements to work through. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Its Metacritic score stands at 55. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater (VR), Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz (Non-VR) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD 290 equivalent or greater (VR), AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series or equivalent (Non-VR) |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
The Assembly places its action in a mystery to unpick, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. 16 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. That openness is what costs performance. The Assembly has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why The Assembly is demanding
The Assembly is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD 290 equivalent or greater (VR), AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear The Assembly. Disk footprint is light, near 5 GB. 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 The Assembly?
Older hardware holds up here: The Assembly runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD 290 equivalent or greater (VR), AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series or equivalent (Non-VR) enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
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 The Assembly'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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What are the minimum system requirements for The Assembly?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater (VR), Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz (Non-VR); GPU: NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD 290 equivalent or greater (VR), AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series or equivalent (Non-VR); 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does The Assembly need?
The Assembly needs about 5 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Assembly?
The RTX 3060 runs The Assembly comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Assembly?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Assembly is the GPU.