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Alien Swarm — system requirements & benchmark status
This game is in the catalog, but no published review benchmarks have been collected for it yet — so this page carries no frame-rate numbers, no verdicts and no estimates. Below are the publisher's own system requirements and what they say about the hardware the game targets. A game joins the calculator only when published review benchmarks cover both its CPU and GPU sides.
Developer: Valve · Released: Jul 19, 2010 · Genres: Action, Free To Play
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Alien Swarm
As published by the publisher on Steam (checked 4 November 2026). Requirements are the publisher's target figures, not measurements — they describe the hardware the developer aims at, not the frame rate any part delivers.
| Component | Minimum (Steam) | Recommended (Steam) |
|---|---|---|
| OS * | Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP | Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP |
| Processor | Pentium 4 3.0GHz | Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz |
| Memory | 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista | 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista |
| Graphics | DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better | DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better |
| Hard Drive | At least 2.5 GB of free space | At least 2.5 GB of free space |
| Sound | DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card | DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the recommended requirements above (integrated graphics). The demand level classifies the publisher's published requirements only; it is not a benchmark result and predicts no frame rate.
Benchmark status
Not yet measured. Bottleneck Verdict adds a game to the calculator when published review benchmarks cover both sides at the game's highest settings, native resolution, no upscaling — the same bar the measured games met. Until then this page claims no performance figures for Alien Swarm.
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