ASTRONEER: PC requirements and the PC you need

About ASTRONEER

Astroneer is a colourful space exploration game from System Era Softworks. You land on alien planets and reshape the ground itself with a handy terrain tool, digging tunnels, flattening land and gathering resources. With those you build bases, vehicles and rockets, set up automated production and travel on to other worlds in the solar system. You can play alone or team up online with friends. It is rated PEGI 7, so it suits younger players too. The makers ask only for a dedicated graphics card with 2 GB and 8 GB of memory, so any of our gaming PCs plays it perfectly.

What ASTRONEER needs

In plain words: to play at all it needs basic graphics: built-in graphics on a modern processor, or an old entry-level card, and to play it well the makers suggest basic graphics: built-in graphics on a modern processor, or an old entry-level card, with 8GB of memory.

A low-spec PC or a high-spec PC?

This is a light game: almost any of our gaming PCs will run it comfortably at high settings.

On a PC that only just meets the minimum, the game will start and play, but on low settings: simpler shadows and textures, shorter view distances and fewer frames each second, so fast moments can feel less smooth. A 1080p screen is the sensible match.

On a PC that meets or beats the recommended spec, you can turn the settings up: sharper textures, proper shadows and lighting, more detail in the distance, and a smoother picture. A stronger PC also lets you use a sharper 1440p or high-refresh screen.

Questions about ASTRONEER on PC

How we match: we compare the graphics card and the memory in each PC with the makers' spec, because those decide most of how a game runs. For very new or demanding games, ask us and we will check the processor too. More help: graphics cards explained, how much RAM, which screen.