Can I Run TowerFall Ascension?
TowerFall Ascension is an action indie game from Maddy Makes Games Inc., released in 2014. Maddy Makes Games Inc. both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Metacritic places it at 87. Cloud saves are enabled. Builds exist for macOS and Linux as well as Windows. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Completionists have 30 achievements to work through. Its Steam review count passes 2 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3 M380 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD 4000 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista or newer |
| DirectX | 10 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a deliberately retro presentation, moving through platforming routes. It is played in two dimensions. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why TowerFall Ascension is demanding
TowerFall Ascension barely touches the GPU. Its stated Intel HD 4000 target is below anything currently sold. TowerFall Ascension takes about 1 GB of disk space. It targets DirectX 10, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. TowerFall Ascension needs only 2 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run TowerFall Ascension?
TowerFall Ascension is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD 4000, 2 GB RAM, about 1 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 TowerFall Ascension'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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The Last of Us Part IFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run TowerFall Ascension?
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What are the minimum system requirements for TowerFall Ascension?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3 M380; GPU: Intel HD 4000; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista or newer.
How much storage does TowerFall Ascension need?
TowerFall Ascension needs about 1 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run TowerFall Ascension?
The RTX 3060 runs TowerFall Ascension comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for TowerFall Ascension?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for TowerFall Ascension is the GPU.