Alien Swarm System Requirements

Alien Swarm System Requirements - full specs, system checker and the gaming PC setup you need.

Alien Swarm minimum requirements

  • Memory: 1 GB
  • Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6600
  • CPU: Intel Pentium 4 4.00GHz
  • File Size: 5 GB
  • OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP

Alien Swarm recommended specs

  • Memory: 1 GB
  • Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Q6867
  • File Size: 5 GB
  • OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP

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Can I Run Alien Swarm?

You will need at least 5 GB of free disk space to install Alien Swarm. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an NVIDIA GeForce 6600. Furthermore, an NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT is recommended in order to run Alien Swarm with the highest settings. To play Alien Swarm you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Pentium 4 4.00GHz. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core 2 Duo Q6867 to play the game. The minimum memory requirement for Alien Swarm is 1 GB of RAM installed in your computer.

Alien Swarm will run on PC system with Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP and upwards.

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Alien Swarm FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on Alien Swarm? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how Alien Swarm performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups. Here’s a selection of our most recent test results.

What frame rate does Alien Swarm run at?

Here are the typical frame rate samples

Avg FPS CPU GPU RAM
59 Intel Core i7-6700 Intel HD 530 16 GB
42 Intel Core i5-8250U Intel UHD Graphics 620 8 GB
37 Intel Core i5-7200U Intel HD Graphics 620 8 GB

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Alien Swarm Details

Alien Swarm PC Specs
   Player Count 10 Players (Last 24 Hours)
   Review Score 77 / 100
   Download Via Steam
   Categories Action FPS Third-person shooter
   Alien Swarm Release Date 19th of July 2010
What is Alien Swarm?

Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.