Kerbal Space Program System Requirements

Kerbal Space Program system requirements are set pretty low, as the game originally came out in 2015.

Provided that you have at least an NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS graphics card you can play the game. Futhermore, an NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is recommended in order to run Kerbal Space Program with the highest settings. The minimum Kerbal Space Program size for download is 3 GB for installation. The recommended requirements from the developers suggest you have 4 GB space in order to install the game. All the best Kerbal Space Program mods do not increase the minimum requirements, but may require additional storage. To play Kerbal Space Program you will need a minimum CPU equivalent to an Intel Core 2 Duo U7600. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core i5-650 to play the game. The minimum memory requirement for Kerbal Space Program is 4 GB installed in your computer. Additionally, the game developers recommend somewhere around 8 GB in your system.

Next Kerbal Space Program game

The new game launches in 2023 - check our guide to the Kerbal Space Program 2 system requirements and KSP2 release date.

Kerbal Space Program will run on PC system with Windows 7 64-bit and upwards. Additionally it has Mac and Linux versions.

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Kerbal Space Program FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on Kerbal Space Program? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how Kerbal Space Program performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does Kerbal Space Program run at?

Here are the typical frame rate samples

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
135	Intel Core i5-8250U	Intel UHD Graphics 620	8 GB
93	Intel Core i7-8565U	Intel UHD 600	16 GB
81	Intel Core i3-2120	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030	12 GB
77	Intel Core i7-8750H	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	16 GB
72	Intel Core i7-6500U	Intel HD 520	16 GB

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