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Can you run Planet Coaster? PC requirements and settings

Planet Coaster, by Frontier Developments, Aspyr (Mac) (Action, Adventure, Casual, Simulation, Strategy), came out on Steam on November 17, 2016. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardnVidia GTX 980 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB)
Minimum cardnVidia GTX 560 (2GB)/AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB)
Recommended RAM12 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 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
Processor
Intel i5-2300/AMD FX-4300
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
nVidia GTX 560 (2GB)/AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
8 GB

Recommended

OS
Windows 7 (SP1+)/8.1/10 64bit
Processor
Intel i7-4770/AMD FX-8350
Memory
12 GB RAM
Graphics
nVidia GTX 980 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
8 GB

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

Where to buy

Buy Planet Coaster

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

Planet Coaster at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Planet Coaster at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: nVidia GTX 980 (4GB)/AMD R9 380 (4GB). Minimum: nVidia GTX 560 (2GB)/AMD Radeon 7850 (2GB). 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 Planet Coaster need?

The publisher recommends 12 GB of RAM (minimum: 8 GB).

How much storage does Planet Coaster take?

The official page asks for 8 GB of storage.

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