Crusader Kings II System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Crusader Kings II
Developer:
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher:
Paradox Interactive
Release date:
7 February 2012 (12 years ago)
User score:
4.5 / 5 (61 vote)
Hardware demand level:
0.3 / 10 - not demanding

Official Crusader Kings II system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Crusader Kings II at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 512mb graphics memory required
Pass CPU:
Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
Pass Memory:
4 GB RAM
File size:
2 GB free hard drive space
Operating system:
Windows 7 64-bit
DirectX:
9.0c

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:
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CPU:
no data
Memory:
no data
File size:
no data
Operating system:
no data
DirectX:
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Crusader Kings II performance on your PC

Crusader Kings II performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Crusader Kings II FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

medium settings / 1080p
65−70 FPS

Crusader Kings II performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
minimum
Any

Community ratings

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4.5 61 vote

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