Can I Run Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine?
Saber Interactive released Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine in 2024. It is an action adventure game, published by Focus Entertainment. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. With more than 162 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Metacritic places it at 82. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It is localised into 17 languages according to the store listing. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. There are 50 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel Core i5-8600K |
|---|---|
| GPU | 6 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 580 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 (1903 min)/11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-12700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | 8 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 (1903 min)/11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game takes place in a science fiction setting. The view is from a third person view. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is demanding
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine asks a lot of the graphics card. It targets 8 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, which our tables put above the RTX 3060, so Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine tends to define the machine you build rather than fit around one you own. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine at the floor and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine at the recommended tier are not the same experience. It wants 8 GB of video memory, which rules out the 6 GB cards that are otherwise quick enough. The install is small at roughly 75 GB, on an SSD. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine needs 64 bit Windows. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine?
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is one of the more demanding games on PC. To reach its recommended tier you'll want a 8 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070-class graphics card, with 6 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 580 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 the floor just to launch at minimum settings. Plan for a recent high-end GPU rather than a mainstream one.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine needs about 75 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.43x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.19x |
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 | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine'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 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel Core i5-8600K; GPU: 6 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 580 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (1903 min)/11 64-bit.
How much storage does Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine need?
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine needs about 75 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine?
The RTX 3060 runs Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is the GPU.