Can I Run Under the Waves?
Parallel Studio released Under the Waves in 2023. It is an adventure indie game, published by Spotlight by Quantic Dream. The game supports a single player campaign. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Steam lists support for 21 languages. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. There are 38 achievements to chase. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 4th Gen/ AMD Ryzen 3 4100 4 cores 3.8 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB/ AMD R9 290 HD 4GB |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7 7thGen / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 3.6GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB/ AMD Radeon RX Vega56 8GB |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 or higher |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in submerged environments. Play is structured around spaces built for exploration. Play is presented from a third person view. The publisher supplies 9 storefront screenshots of these environments. That openness is what costs performance. Under the Waves has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.
Why Under the Waves is demanding
Under the Waves sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Under the Waves takes about 10 GB of disk space. Under the Waves names just 6 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Under the Waves at the floor and Under the Waves at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Under the Waves needs only 1 GB of RAM. DirectX 12 is named, so Under the Waves 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 Under the Waves?
Under the Waves is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB/ AMD R9 290 HD 4GB, 8 GB RAM, about 10 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 | Runs well | 1.42x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.8x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.35x |
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 | Runs well |
| 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 Under the Waves'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 Under the Waves?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Under the Waves?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 4th Gen/ AMD Ryzen 3 4100 4 cores 3.8 GHz; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB/ AMD R9 290 HD 4GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Under the Waves need?
Under the Waves needs about 10 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Under the Waves?
The RTX 3060 runs Under the Waves comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Under the Waves?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Under the Waves is the GPU.