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Can My PC Run It?

Enter your PC specifications and find out what games and applications your computer can run. We compare your processor, graphics card, memory and storage against the requirements the publisher actually published — across 269 games and 57 applications.

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What the question really asks

“Can my PC run it” sounds like a yes-or-no question, but it almost never has a yes-or-no answer. A published requirement sheet lists one configuration a developer tested against, at one resolution, at one settings preset. Your machine is a different configuration, and you may want a different resolution and a different frame rate.

So the useful answer has three parts: whether you clear the published floor, which component is holding you back, and how confident anyone can be about that. That is what the checker returns.

The four components that decide it

  • Graphics card. The usual limiting factor, and the one that most affects resolution and settings. Video memory matters independently of raw speed — a card can be fast enough but run out of VRAM at high texture settings.
  • Processor. Matters more than people expect in simulation-heavy and open-world games, and it is single-thread speed that usually decides, not core count.
  • Memory. Falling below a game's RAM requirement causes stutter and long loads rather than a refusal to start, which makes it easy to misdiagnose.
  • Operating system and storage. Both are usually pass-or-fail rather than a matter of degree, and both are the cheapest to fix.

What a green verdict does not promise

Clearing minimum requirements means the game should run. It does not mean it will hold 60 frames per second, and it does not account for your resolution, your settings, your drivers, your cooling or what else is running. Where we are unsure, the result says so rather than rounding up to a confident yes. The full methodology is here.

Common questions

How do I know if my PC can run a game?
Compare four things against the requirements the publisher published: your graphics card, your processor, your total RAM and your operating system. Storage matters too, but it is the easiest to fix. Enter those above and we compare them for you against every title in the database, and name the component that limits you rather than only giving a pass or fail.
What do minimum PC requirements actually mean?
Minimum requirements describe the configuration the developer tested the game as playable on — commonly around 30 frames per second at 1080p on the lowest preset. They are a floor, not a target. Meeting minimum means the game should start and be playable, not that it will look or feel good.
What are recommended PC requirements?
Recommended requirements are the configuration the developer considers a good experience, usually 1080p60 on medium or high settings. There is no shared industry standard, so one studio’s recommended spec can be far more demanding than another’s for a similar-looking game.
Can my laptop run PC games?
Often yes, but a laptop part is not the same as the desktop part with the same name. Manufacturers choose a power limit for each laptop, so two machines with the same graphics card can differ substantially in real performance. Treat a laptop result as slightly optimistic, especially on longer sessions where heat matters.
How accurate are PC compatibility checks?
The requirement figures come from publishers directly, and a large share of ours have been checked field-by-field against the source page. The comparison between your parts and theirs is an estimate: we rank hardware on a relative index rather than benchmarking every combination, so results near a threshold are reported as borderline rather than as a confident yes or no. Every verdict carries a confidence level for this reason.
Do I need to install anything to check my PC?
No. Nothing is downloaded and no account is required. Your specifications are stored in your own browser so that game pages can check against them automatically, and you can clear them at any time.

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