Can My PC Run Valheim?

Game details

Developer

Iron Gate AB

Publisher

Coffee Stain Publishing

Released

2 February 2021

Engine

Unity

About Valheim

Valheim’s stylised art keeps requirements low, but its procedural world generation makes first-time world creation CPU-heavy.

Common questions about running Valheim

Each link runs a real comparison against the published specification.

• Can a GeForce GTX 560 Ti run Valheim?
• Can a GeForce GTX 970 run Valheim?
• Can a Radeon RX 580 8GB run Valheim?
• What else runs on 8 GB of RAM?
• Estimate Valheim performance at your resolution

What PC do I need for Valheim?

For a comfortable experience, the publisher's recommended specification asks for the following. This is their figure, not our estimate.

Graphics card

GeForce GTX 970 series or Radeon RX 580

Processor

i5 3GHz or Ryzen 5 3GHz

Memory

16 GB RAM

Storage

1 GB

Operating system

Windows 7 64-bit or later

Not sure how your parts compare? Run the check above or read what these tiers mean.

Can my laptop run Valheim?

The same check applies — enter the parts your laptop actually contains. Be aware that a laptop graphics chip is usually slower than the desktop card it shares a name with, because the manufacturer sets a lower power limit. A laptop advertising the GeF named here may therefore fall somewhat short of it in practice, and sustained performance drops further as the machine heats up. Treat a borderline laptop result as optimistic rather than assured.

Keep checking

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