Geoplanetical system requirements

I compared the Steam requirement block with CYRI. The parts match. The 4 GB figure is required available storage, not a measured download size or installed footprint. I then read the developer’s pinned GPU post and the player threads. The spec table is the easy half. The complaints are the half CYRI does not print.

Minimum and recommended

Reports, with the hardware named

• Reddit, about 29 Oct: an RTX 5070 at 100% GPU. The developer replied that some PCs do this, not all, and that a possible fix had been posted.
• Same thread: an RTX 4050 “really struggling,” and another 4050 owner who could play on low settings with a frame cap.
• Later in that same thread, one player reported smooth 60 FPS after the update; a Radeon 9070 XT owner reported no issue with VSync and no FPS cap. These reports disagree on both experience and settings, so neither is a universal fix.
• Steam, 28 Oct 17:47: after an update, about 5 FPS on the Steam overlay while the in-game counter read 150–200, worse when a grey map appeared. Two replies described the same split.
• A Steam review: 300 FPS and still choppy. No GPU was named in the lines we saved.

Performance fixes in the patches

• 28 Oct: laptops now use the dedicated GPU instead of integrated graphics; the menu respects the FPS limit.
• 29 Oct: fewer crashes on PCs with less memory; the Steam overlay is off by default to avoid crashes.
• 1.0.2 (29 Oct): stuttering and overheating with V-Sync off were fixed.
• 31 Oct: lower GPU load while a game loads, which the developer says may help crashes on integrated graphics.
• 1 Nov hotfix and 2 Nov: save errors on long campaigns and “production route asset invalid” load failures were fixed; affected saves load again.

If you saw 5 FPS or a stuck load on launch day, update before changing hardware settings. Full list on the news page.

The developer’s five steps for a laptop iGPU

The developer’s pinned Steam post explains the Windows dedicated-GPU setting. This is optional troubleshooting for readers, not a publication prerequisite or a benchmark claim.

1. Find the executable through the Steam library’s local-files option.
2. Open Windows Settings, then System, Display, Graphics.
3. Add that executable to the app list.
4. Select the high-performance GPU option and save.
5. If you try the fix, restart and compare. Persistent reports should include CPU, GPU, resolution and settings; the patch does not guarantee an FPS target.