PC requirements

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter System Requirements

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter needs at least Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD, 6 GB RAM and DirectX11 compliant card with 1GB of VRAM graphics.

Verified Sources: Steam store listing
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter minimum and recommended PC specifications
Component Minimum
Operating system Windows 64-bit
Processor Intel Core2 Duo or equivalent AMD
Memory 6 GB RAM
Graphics DirectX11 compliant card with 1GB of VRAM
DirectX Version 11
Storage 9 GB available space
Additional notes DirectX9c compliant
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Other platforms

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is also available on these systems, where hardware is fixed and no per-PC check is needed:

Quick answers

Running The Vanishing of Ethan Carter on PC

Can my PC run The Vanishing of Ethan Carter?
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 The Vanishing of Ethan Carter need?
9 GB available space