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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.

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