Can I Run The Red Stare?
The Time to Enlist Is Now!In The Red Stare, you become a special agent in 1950s New York City on a stake out. The Reds have infiltrated the city, and you need to stop them before it's too late. During...
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel™ Core™ i5-4590 or AMD FX™ 8350, equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce™ GTX 980 or AMD R9 390X or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 1.95 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel™ Core™ i5-4590 or AMD FX™ 8350, equivalent or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce™ GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480, equivalent or better |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 1.95 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Can you run The Red Stare?
The Red Stare targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce™ GTX 980 or AMD R9 390X or equivalent and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce™ GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480, equivalent or better 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 | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
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 Red Stare'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 Red Stare?
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Red Stare?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel™ Core™ i5-4590 or AMD FX™ 8350, equivalent; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce™ GTX 980 or AMD R9 390X or equivalent; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does The Red Stare need?
The Red Stare needs about 1.95 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Red Stare?
The RTX 3060 runs The Red Stare comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Red Stare?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Red Stare is the GPU.