Can I Run Zero Escape: The Nonary Games?
Released in 2017, Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is an adventure game built by Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.. The game supports a single player campaign. With more than 6 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. At 9 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. Metacritic places it at 86. Completionists have 38 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-530 CPU 2.93 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 9.0 compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a mystery to unpick, moving through scenes presented as illustrated text. There are 7 official screenshots to judge the look from. Play is presented through a point and click interface.
Why Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is demanding
Disk footprint is light, near 4 GB. The DirectX requirement is undemanding, at version 9. At 1 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. Zero Escape: The Nonary Games needs only 4 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Zero Escape: The Nonary Games?
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games targets a mainstream modern PC: DirectX 9.0 compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Zero Escape: The Nonary Games?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Zero Escape: The Nonary Games?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-530 CPU 2.93 GHz or better; GPU: DirectX 9.0 compatible GPU with at least 1GB of VRAM; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7.
How much storage does Zero Escape: The Nonary Games need?
Zero Escape: The Nonary Games needs about 4 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Zero Escape: The Nonary Games?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Zero Escape: The Nonary Games is the CPU.