Stellaris System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Your gaming PC configuration

Developer:: Paradox Development Studio
Publisher:: Paradox Interactive
Release date:: 9 May 2016 (7 years old)
User score:: 4.5 / 5 (162 votes)

Official Stellaris system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Stellaris 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.

Minimum requirements

Graphics card:: AMD HD 5770 / or Nvidia GTX 460, with 1024MB VRAM. Latest available WHQL drivers from both manufacturers.

CPU:: AMD Athlon II X4 640 @ 3.0 Ghz / or Intel Core 2 Quad 9400 @ 2.66 Ghz

Memory:: 2 GB RAM

File size:: 4 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows 7 x86 or newer

DirectX:: Version 9.0c

Recommended requirements

Graphics card:: AMD HD 6850 / or Nvidia GTX 560TI, with 1024MB VRAM

CPU:: AMD Phenom II X4 850 @ 3.3 Ghz or Intel i3 2100 @ 3.1 Ghz

Memory:: 4 GB RAM

File size:: 4 GB available space

Operating system:: Windows 7 x64 or newer

DirectX:: Version 9.0c

Stellaris performance on your PC

Stellaris performance with your GPU

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

RTX 3060

minimum
Radeon HD 5770

recommended
Radeon HD 6850

30 fps @ low
1366×768

60 fps @ medium
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Stellaris 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.

low settings / 768p

120−130 FPS

medium settings / 1080p

120−130 FPS