Can I Run The Pathless?
Giant Squid released The Pathless in 2021. It is an action adventure game, published by Annapurna Interactive. The game supports a single player campaign. 14 languages are covered by the store listing. Critics scored it 81 on Metacritic. 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 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Completionists have 43 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7870 |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700 | AMD Ryzen 7 1800X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in natural landscapes. Play is structured around spaces built for exploration. That openness is what costs performance. The Pathless has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. Play is presented from a third person view. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why The Pathless is demanding
Demand in The Pathless is ordinary. The publisher has Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. The Pathless takes about 15 GB of disk space. 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 Pathless?
The Pathless targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7870 and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 | AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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 | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
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 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 Pathless'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 Pathless?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Pathless?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD FX-4350; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7870; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does The Pathless need?
The Pathless needs about 15 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Pathless?
The RTX 3060 runs The Pathless comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Pathless?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Pathless is the GPU.