Satisfactory is a first-person factory simulation game set on an alien planet. Players take the role of a Pioneer, an employee of the megacorporation FICSIT Inc., tasked with harvesting natural resources and constructing increasingly complex automated production lines. The goal is to manufacture components for "Project Assembly," delivered via a space elevator to an orbital platform. The game features a hand-crafted open world spanning approximately 30 square kilometers across multiple biomes, a tiered technology progression system, cooperative multiplayer, and extensive logistics management through conveyor belts, pipelines, and vehicles.
Best gaming PC for Satisfactory in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Satisfactory today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Coffee Stain Publishing on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 / later (64-Bit) | Windows 11 / later (64-Bit) |
| CPU | i5-3570 3.4 GHz 4 Core | Ryzen 5 5600X or i5-12400 or equivalent performance, 6 physical cores minimum |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1650/GTX 1050-ti, or AMD RX 470/RX 570, or equivalent performance & VRAM | Nvidia RTX 2070 or RX 5700, or equivalent performance & VRAM |
| Storage | 20 GB | 20 GB |
| DirectX | — | — |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Satisfactory?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Ryzen 5 5600X and your GPU is at or above Nvidia RTX 2070, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.