System requirements · PC
PC game system requirements
Minimum and recommended PC requirements for 1,944 games, as each game lists them on Steam, with how much memory and storage each one needs compared with the rest.
Browse games by requirements
Low-end PC games
745 games whose minimum requirements ask for 4 GB of RAM or less.
Small PC games
481 games whose minimum requirements ask for less than 5 GB of storage.
Requirements at a glance
The typical PC game we track asks for 8 GB of RAM and 13 GB of storage at minimum (the median of 1,937 and 1,852 games).
| Minimum RAM | Games | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2 GB or less | 259 | 13% |
| More than 2 GB, up to 4 GB | 486 | 25% |
| More than 4 GB, up to 8 GB | 912 | 47% |
| More than 8 GB, up to 16 GB | 279 | 14% |
| More than 16 GB | 1 | 0% |
| Storage | Games | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 GB | 100 | 5% |
| 1 GB to under 5 GB | 381 | 21% |
| 5 GB to under 20 GB | 580 | 31% |
| 20 GB to under 50 GB | 465 | 25% |
| 50 GB to under 100 GB | 235 | 13% |
| 100 GB or more | 91 | 5% |
The 10 most demanding
- Korea. IL-2 Series 24 GB RAM · 35 GB
- DCS World Steam Edition 16 GB RAM · 200 GB
- ARK: Survival Ascended 16 GB RAM · 180 GB
- FINAL FANTASY XVI 16 GB RAM · 170 GB
- Forza Horizon 6 16 GB RAM · 167 GB
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl 16 GB RAM · 160 GB
- FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH 16 GB RAM · 155 GB
- Rise of the Ronin 16 GB RAM · 155 GB
- Crimson Desert Enhanced 16 GB RAM · 150 GB
- Wuthering Waves 16 GB RAM · 150 GB
The 10 lightest
- SiN Gold 32 MB RAM · 700 MB
- System Shock: Enhanced Edition 128 MB RAM · 1 GB
- POSTAL 2 128 MB RAM · 10 GB
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 256 MB RAM · 1.5 GB
- Far Cry 256 MB RAM · 4 GB
- DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition 256 MB RAM · 18 GB
- Mount & Blade: Warband 512 MB RAM · 100 MB
- Nidhogg 512 MB RAM · 200 MB
- Hotline Miami 512 MB RAM · 250 MB
- Your Only Move Is HUSTLE 512 MB RAM · 256 MB
Most demanding = highest minimum RAM, then largest storage; lightest = the reverse. Minimum requirements only, as listed on Steam.
Most-reviewed games
| # | Game | Minimum RAM | Storage | Price today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS | 8 GB | 40 GB | Free to play |
| 2 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | 8 GB | 65 GB | Free to play |
| 3 | Rust | 12 GB | 45 GB | $39.99 |
| 4 | Garry's Mod | 4 GB | 10 GB | $9.99 |
| 5 | Team Fortress 2 | 512 MB | 15 GB | Free to play |
| 6 | Black Myth: Wukong | 16 GB | 130 GB | $40.19 |
| 7 | HELLDIVERS 2 | 8 GB | 135 GB | $34.99 |
| 8 | ELDEN RING | 12 GB | 60 GB | $52.89 |
| 9 | Apex Legends | 6 GB | 75 GB | Free to play |
| 10 | Left 4 Dead 2 | 2 GB | 13 GB | $9.99 |
| 11 | Cyberpunk 2077 | 12 GB | 70 GB | $17.99 |
| 12 | Euro Truck Simulator 2 | 8 GB | 25 GB | $4.99 |
| 13 | Dead by Daylight | 8 GB | 50 GB | $16.54 |
| 14 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 8 GB | 150 GB | $49.74 |
| 15 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition | 6 GB | 50 GB | $24.99 |
| 16 | Baldur's Gate 3 | 8 GB | 150 GB | $41.99 |
| 17 | Phasmophobia | 8 GB | 21 GB | $19.99 |
| 18 | War Thunder | 4 GB | 70 GB | Free to play |
| 19 | Among Us | 1 GB | Not listed | $4.99 |
| 20 | The Forest | 4 GB | 5 GB | $19.99 |
Every other game links to its requirements from its own page: find it in Games A–Z or with the search.
Where the requirements come from
Each page shows the requirements the publisher lists on the game's Steam store page, with the date we read them. We keep the wording and only write hardware names in their usual capitalisation (Steam often lists them in capitals). A page exists when Steam lists both minimum and recommended requirements with at least three of operating system, processor, memory, graphics and storage. We compare memory and storage because they are numbers; processor and graphics card names are shown as written, not ranked.