Can I Run Welcome to Elk?
Triple Topping released Welcome to Elk in 2020. It is an adventure indie game, published by Akupara Games. It offers a single player campaign. With only 238 reviews on Steam, there is little community data on how it behaves across hardware. Its 6 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It carries 25 achievements. It is localised into 7 languages according to the store listing. Its Metacritic score stands at 82. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 Quad-Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD 4000 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
Single source, verify with the publisher source
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Setting and environment
Welcome to Elk places its action in a mystery to unpick, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. There are 7 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played in two dimensions. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Welcome to Elk can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Welcome to Elk is demanding
Welcome to Elk barely touches the GPU. Its stated Intel HD 4000 target is below anything currently sold. At 4 GB, system memory is undemanding. Welcome to Elk takes about 2 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Welcome to Elk?
Welcome to Elk is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD 4000, 4 GB RAM, about 2 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 Welcome to Elk'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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What are the minimum system requirements for Welcome to Elk?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5 Quad-Core; GPU: Intel HD 4000; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Welcome to Elk need?
Welcome to Elk needs about 2 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Welcome to Elk?
The RTX 3060 runs Welcome to Elk comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Welcome to Elk?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Welcome to Elk is the GPU.