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Can you run Alien: Isolation? PC requirements and settings

Alien: Isolation, by Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) (Action), came out on Steam on October 6, 2014. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended card2GB (AMD GPU: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series or Nvidia GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX660)
Minimum card1GB (AMD Radeon HD 5550 or Nvidia GeForce GT 430)
Recommended RAM8 GB

Estimate per graphics card

No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
Windows 7 (32bit)
Processor
3.16Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
1GB (AMD Radeon HD 5550 or Nvidia GeForce GT 430)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
35 GB
Publisher's note
Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions

Recommended

OS
Windows 7 (64bit)
Processor
AMD: Phenom II X4 955 - 4 Core, 3.2 GHz or Intel: Core 2 Quad Q9650 - 4 Core, 3.0 GHz
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
2GB (AMD GPU: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series or Nvidia GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX660)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
35 GB
Publisher's note
Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

Buy Alien: Isolation

The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.

On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

ORION is a free game launcher for Windows. It reads your graphics card, processor and screen, estimates every game in your library, then measures the real frame rate while you play and sets the game up with its "Recommended" profile. No account, no ads.

Questions

Alien: Isolation at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Alien: Isolation at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: 2GB (AMD GPU: AMD Radeon R9 200 Series or Nvidia GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX660). Minimum: 1GB (AMD Radeon HD 5550 or Nvidia GeForce GT 430). The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Alien: Isolation need?

The publisher recommends 8 GB of RAM (minimum: 4 GB).

How much storage does Alien: Isolation take?

The official page asks for 35 GB of storage.

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