Can I Run The Outer Worlds?
Obsidian Entertainment released The Outer Worlds in 2025. It is an action adventure game, published by Xbox Game Studios. The game supports a single player campaign. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. Steam lists support for 12 languages. Cloud saves are enabled. Its Steam review count passes 8 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Completionists have 48 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel i5-8400 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 110 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 with updates |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X / Intel Core i7-10700K |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia RTX 3080 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 110 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 with updates |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The publisher supplies 9 storefront screenshots of these environments. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and The Outer Worlds can never assume the player will stop and let it load. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why The Outer Worlds is demanding
The graphics demand in The Outer Worlds is at the top end. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia RTX 3080 outscores our RTX 3060 reference, and a machine that clears The Outer Worlds comfortably will clear most other things. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. The Outer Worlds wants about 110 GB of disk space on an SSD, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so The Outer Worlds at the floor and The Outer Worlds at the recommended tier are not the same experience. DirectX 12 is named, so The Outer Worlds expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Outer Worlds?
The Outer Worlds is one of the more demanding games on PC. To reach its recommended tier you'll want a AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia RTX 3080-class graphics card, with AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580 the floor just to launch at minimum settings. Plan for a recent high-end GPU rather than a mainstream one.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. The Outer Worlds needs about 110 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.64x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.36x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.16x |
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 | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Playable |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Playable |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Playable |
Each card is compared against The Outer Worlds'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 Outer Worlds?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel i5-8400; GPU: AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10/11 with updates.
How much storage does The Outer Worlds need?
The Outer Worlds needs about 110 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Outer Worlds?
The RTX 3060 can run The Outer Worlds: it sits around the minimum GPU requirement, so expect to manage settings.
What is the bottleneck for The Outer Worlds?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Outer Worlds is the GPU.