Spec sheet · Indie · 2016

American Truck Simulator PC Requirements

To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB. Among the games we track, it is moderately demanding.

Minimum GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Recommended GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
RAM
8–12 GB
Disk
25 GB

Which graphics cards clear it

All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.

40 Short of the minimum including the AMD Radeon 890M
44 Minimum, not recommended from the AMD Radeon RX 560 ($99 at launch)
81 At or above recommended from the Intel Arc A580 ($179 at launch)

What the publisher lists

Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.

PartMinimumRecommended
Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel HD 630 (2GB VRAM) matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 590 (2GB VRAM) matches NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Processor Intel Core i5-6400 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 or similar matches AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Intel Core i5-9600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 or similar matches AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory 8 GB 12 GB
Video memory 2 GB 2 GB
Storage 25 GB 25 GB
Windows Windows 10 Same as minimum
DirectX Publisher didn't say Same as minimum

Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest

Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD Ryzen 5 3600-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.

Card1080p1440p4KAgainst the specs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 382414 Minimum
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 674224 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 6600 825130 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 825130 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7600 986035 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 986035 Recommended
Intel Arc B580 1096839 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 1147543 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 11410863 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 11411467 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 11411481 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 11411495 Recommended

Answers about American Truck Simulator on PC

What is the lowest graphics card that runs American Truck Simulator?

The publisher's minimum is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon RX 460 or Intel HD 630 (2GB VRAM). The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660.

How much RAM does American Truck Simulator need?

8 GB at minimum, 12 GB recommended.

How much storage space does American Truck Simulator take?

25 GB of free space.

Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run American Truck Simulator?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run American Truck Simulator?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

If your PC runs American Truck Simulator, it also runs

Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.