🖥️ Valheim system requirements
Minimum and recommended PC specs (official, from Steam). Meeting "Minimum" means you can play; for smoother visuals and higher settings, refer to "Recommended".
🖥️ Can your PC run Valheim?
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| Requirement equivalent | GPU tier | CPU tier | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | HD 7970 / GTX 950 | 4-core processor (estimated) | 8 GB |
| Recommended | GTX 1060 6GB / RX 580 | Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 | 16 GB |
💻 Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10 or later
- Processor
- 2.6 GHz Quad Core or similar
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
- DirectX
- Version ：11
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Notes
- The following languages have been partially translated by the community: Svenska, Italiano, Romanian, български, македонски, Suomi, Dansk, íslenska, Lietuvių kalba, čeština, Magyar nyelv, Português europeu, 한국어 (불완전한), Norsk, ภาษาไทย, ქართული ენა, Abenaki, Slovenčina
🚀 Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10 or later
- Processor
- i5 3GHz or Ryzen 5 3GHz
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 580
- DirectX
- Version ：11
- Network
- Broadband Internet connection
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Source: Steam store page (updated 2026/10/9). Requirements may change after updates; check the store page before buying.
🎮 Can popular graphics cards run Valheim?
Intel UHD / HD 630 (integrated)
❌ Can't run it
Intel Iris Xe (integrated)
❌ Can't run it
GTX 1050 Ti
✅ Playable
GTX 1650
✅ Playable
GTX 1060 6GB
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1660 Super
🚀 Smooth
RTX 2060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 3050
🚀 Smooth
RTX 3060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4060 Laptop
🚀 Smooth
RX 580
🚀 Smooth
RX 6600
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4070 Super
🚀 Smooth
RTX 5070
🚀 Smooth
Compares graphics cards only; your CPU and RAM must also meet the requirements. See Can I run it? for how it's calculated.