Enshrouded PC System Requirements and Steam Deck Performance

Quick answer

• Storage is 60 GB on both the minimum and recommended specs. Steam lists an SSD as recommended, not required.
• Graphics need 6 GB of VRAM at the floor. The minimum is a GTX 1060, an RX 580 or an Intel Arc A380; the recommended card is an RTX 2070 Super, an RX 6700 XT or an Arc A770.
• 16 GB of RAM on both tiers, plus a 64-bit processor: an i5-6400 or Ryzen 5 1500X minimum, an i7-8700 or Ryzen 7 2700X recommended.
• Steam Deck: Verified. Valve’s compatibility report for Enshrouded marks the default Deck configuration as performant, with the interface text legible on the handheld’s screen.

Enshrouded came out of Early Access on October 15, 2026, and the PC requirements that shipped with 1.0 are the ones Keen Games has listed since the game’s Steam page first appeared. Here is what they say and what they mean for the machine under your desk.

What are the Enshrouded system requirements?

The Steam store page’s spec sheet covers both tiers:

VRAM is the memory your graphics card uses for textures and frames, and it sets the ceiling on how much the world can hold at once. Two numbers do most of the work here, such as the 60 GB install and the 6 GB of VRAM floor. The first is 60 GB, which is a bigger install than most people expect from a survival game with a handcrafted world. The second is 6 GB of VRAM: it appears against the GTX 1060 and the RX 580 in the minimum line, and again against the RTX 2070 Super and the RX 6700 XT in the recommended one. Intel’s Arc A380 sits in the minimum list without that 6 GB note attached.

Is an SSD necessary for Enshrouded?

Not strictly, but that is the one recommendation worth taking seriously. Steam adds “SSD recommended” to the recommended spec list and leaves it out of the minimum, so a hard drive will run the game without complaint. It just will not be a good time, with a 60 GB install and a world that streams in as you travel.

Is Enshrouded playable on Steam Deck?

Yes, and Valve says so in its own compatibility report for Enshrouded. The rating is Verified, which on Valve’s scale means the default configuration runs well on the handheld. The report lists the default controller setup as fully functional, the on-screen glyphs as matching Deck hardware, the interface text as legible, and the default configuration as performant. The one flag on that report is external controllers, which Valve’s data marks as not supported for the primary player, so a PS5 or Xbox pad won’t be picked up as player one.

The Steam store page carries the same verdict in plain text, describing Enshrouded as “Steam Deck verified.” Deck owners can also read our Enshrouded release time guide for the download window and the per-region unlock table.

What do ProtonDB players say about Enshrouded on Linux?

ProtonDB’s summary for Enshrouded puts the game in the Gold tier on the back of 357 player reports with strong confidence, and lists Platinum as the tier trending up. That is community data rather than a Valve rating, so read it as a signal about the Linux crowd rather than a promise. ProtonDB’s Enshrouded page carries the individual reports.

Will Enshrouded run on Mac or Linux?

Not natively on Steam. The store page lists Windows as the only supported platform, with no macOS or Linux build available. That is exactly the gap ProtonDB fills for anyone running the Windows version through Proton on Steam Deck or another Linux machine.

How much storage do I need for Enshrouded?

Sixty gigabytes of available space, on the minimum spec and the recommended spec alike, so budget it before you play rather than after. If you are coming from the Early Access build, Keen Games rebuilt the early-game areas for 1.0, and the studio suggests starting a fresh character instead of converting an old save. Our Enshrouded crossplay guide covers what carried over, along with the separate co-op worlds PC and PS5 players live in.

Which Enshrouded edition should PC players buy?

The $9.99 difference between the two PC editions buys three class outfit packs, a digital artbook and a printable map, and nothing that changes the requirements above. Our Enshrouded editions guide has the full price comparison for Steam and PlayStation.

We analyzed the Steam spec sheet alongside Valve’s Steam Deck compatibility report for Enshrouded on October 25, 2026, and the two describe very different machines for the same game. Six gigabytes of VRAM and a Ryzen 7 2700X sound demanding until you notice that Valve’s own report marks the default Steam Deck configuration as performant. A handheld with 16 GB of shared memory and a lower-power GPU belongs in the same conversation as a desktop with a 2070 Super. The practical reading is that the minimum list is the floor for a playable session at low settings, and the recommended list is for a 1080p machine at higher settings. Six gigabytes of VRAM and a Ryzen 7 2700X sound demanding until you notice that Valve’s own report marks the default Steam Deck configuration as performant. A handheld with 16 GB of shared memory and a lower-power GPU belongs in the same conversation as a desktop with a 2070 Super. The practical reading is that the minimum list is the floor for a playable session at low settings, the recommended list is the one for a 1080p machine at higher settings, and anything in between with 16 GB of RAM and a 6 GB card will sit comfortably in the middle. Storage is the one number that never flexes, at 60 GB on every tier, so the drive you install to is the first thing to sort out.

Enshrouded 1.0 launched on PC and PlayStation 5 on October 15, 2026, and the 1.0 build then took the game to a 113,542 concurrent-player Steam peak, according to our own player-count data. The Enshrouded game page keeps the store links, platforms and release date together. The Release Calendar tracks the launch dates of everything we cover.

Edited by Kerwin Stewart, Editor-in-Chief · How we report