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Stellaris PC system requirements

Stellaris needs at least an Intel® iCore™ i3-530 or AMD® FX-6350 processor, 4 GB of RAM and an Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 or Intel® HD Graphics 4600, on Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit.

For the recommended settings: an Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G processor, 4 GB of RAM and an Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2 GB VRAM) graphics card. It takes 10 GB of storage.

Minimum and recommended requirements

Stellaris: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
MinimumRecommended
Operating system Windows® 10 Home 64 Bit Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor Intel® iCore™ i3-530 or AMD® FX-6350Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G
Memory 4 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended
Graphics Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 or Intel® HD Graphics 4600Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)
DirectX Version 9.0cVersion 12
Storage 10 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Sound card Direct X 9.0c- compatible sound cardDirectX 9.0c-compatible sound card
Network Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection Same for both: minimum and recommended

How demanding is Stellaris?

  • Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 15% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (4 GB).

    It is on our list of low-end PC games (4 GB of RAM or less).

  • Storage: Larger than 40% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (10 GB).

Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.

Other platforms

Mac

Stellaris: macOS requirements
MinimumRecommended
Operating system 13 (Ventura) Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor Intel® iCore™ i5-4570SIntel® iCore™ i5-4670
Memory 8 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended
Graphics Nvidia® GeForce™ GT 750M or equivalent AMD® card with 1GB VramNvidia® GeForce™ GTX 780M with 4GB Vram or AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)
Storage 10 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Network Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection Same for both: minimum and recommended

Linux and SteamOS

Stellaris: Linux and SteamOS requirements
MinimumRecommended
Operating system Ubuntu 22.04 x64 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor Intel® iCore™ i3-530 or AMD® FX-6350Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K or AMD® Ryzen™ 5 2400G
Memory 4 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended
Graphics Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 or AMD® ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 (1GB VRAM), or AMD® Radeon™ RX Vega 11 or Intel® HD Graphics 4600Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 560 Ti (1GB VRAM) or AMD® Radeon™ R7 370 (2 GB VRAM)
Storage 12 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Sound card Direct X 9.0c- compatible sound card Same for both: minimum and recommended
Network Broadband Internet connection Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes Controller support: 3-button mouse, keyboard and speakers. Special multiplayer requirements: Internet Connection Same for both: minimum and recommended

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