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Can you run Natural Selection 2? PC requirements and settings
Natural Selection 2, by Unknown Worlds Entertainment (Action, Indie, Strategy), came out on Steam on October 30, 2012.
Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.
Publisher's recommended cardDirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 4GB VRAM
Minimum cardDirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 2 GB VRAM
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
- 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
- Processor
- Dual-core processor 2.4 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo, i3), 2.6 GHz (AMD Athlon or FX)
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Graphics
- DirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 2 GB VRAM
- DirectX
- 11.0
- Storage
- 13 GB HD space
Recommended
- OS
- 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit
- Processor
- Quad-core processor 3.2 GHz (Intel i5, i7) or 3.6 GHz (AMD Ryzen, FX or Athlon)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- DirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 4GB VRAM
- DirectX
- 11.0
- Storage
- 13 GB HD space
Source: the
game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.
Where to buy
Buy Natural Selection 2
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
Natural Selection 2 at a glance
Which graphics card do I need for Natural Selection 2 at 1080p?
The publisher recommends: DirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 4GB VRAM. Minimum: DirectX 11 compatible dedicated video card with 2 GB VRAM. 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 Natural Selection 2 need?
The publisher recommends 8 GB of RAM (minimum: 6 GB).
How much storage does Natural Selection 2 take?
The official page asks for 13 GB HD space of storage.