PC requirements

Sword of the Stars System Requirements

Sword of the Stars needs at least 1.5 Ghz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent, 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista) and DirectX® 9 compliant video card with 128MB RAM graphics.

Verified Sources: Steam store listing
Sword of the Stars minimum and recommended PC specifications
Component Minimum
Operating system Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/Vista
Processor 1.5 Ghz Intel® Pentium® or equivalent
Memory 1 GB RAM (2 GB for Vista)
Graphics DirectX® 9 compliant video card with 128MB RAM
Storage 3 GB Available
Additional notes DirectX® 8.1 or better compatible
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Other platforms

Sword of the Stars is also available on these systems, where hardware is fixed and no per-PC check is needed:

Quick answers

Running Sword of the Stars on PC

Can my PC run Sword of the Stars?
Compare your CPU, GPU and RAM against the minimum column below. If your parts match or beat every minimum row, the game will launch — though you may need to lower settings. Matching the recommended column is what gets you 60fps at 1080p.
How much storage does Sword of the Stars need?
3 GB Available