Below you will find the system specifications needed to run Star Citizen on your PC, as well as our system recommendations to give a better experience when exploring the 'verse. As the game is still in development, these minimum and recommended system specs may change in the future.
Minimum Requirements
Star Citizen requires a 64-bit processor and operating system.
OS | Windows 10 (Latest Service Pack) |
|---|---|
CPU | Quad Core CPU - Intel: i7 (Haswell or later), AMD: Excavator or later |
GPU | DirectX 11.1 compatible Graphics Card with 4 GB VRAM |
Memory | 16 GB |
Storage | 150+ GB SSD required |
- Star Citizen is not available for macOS or Linux.
- Star Citizen requires a computer with the ability to run AVX, AVX2, and FMA3 instructions, which is noted above under the CPU requirements.
- Star Citizen requires a GPU with at least 4GB VRAM and a driver with support for Direct3D 11.1 and Vulkan 1.2.
- Graphics drivers must be updated to the latest versions to ensure the best support.
Examples of minimum spec graphic cards:
- NVidia 1060
- AMD RX 5700, RX Vega 56, RX 460
- Intel A380, UHD Graphics 730
Recommended
For the best gaming experience when exploring the 'verse, we advise players have systems that meet or exceed the below specifications:
OS | Windows 10 (Latest Service Pack) / Windows 11 |
|---|---|
CPU | Quad/Eight Core CPU - Intel: i7 (Haswell or later), AMD: Ryzen 5 or later |
GPU | DirectX 12 compatible Graphics Card with 8 GB VRAM |
Memory | 32 GB DDR4 |
Storage | 150+ GB SSD required |