Silver Pines PC requirements, FPS and best settings

Quick answer: can your PC run Silver Pines?

Where Silver Pines ranks for hardware demand

Where it lands among 937 modelled titles, and what that means for different classes of GPU.

With a demand score of 7, Silver Pines asks more of a GPU than 28% of the 937 games in our list. We call that undemanding.

The score is derived from the recommended GPU in the publisher requirements, NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, scaled to a 1080p High equivalent. It is a modelling choice rather than a measurement, so read it as a ranking more than a promise.

What it means by card class

• On a mid-range card, the RTX 5070, expect the frame rate to be capped by the game or CPU: roughly 360+ FPS at 1080p, 360+ FPS at 1440p.
• On an entry card, the RTX 5060, expect the frame rate to be capped by the game or CPU: roughly 360+ FPS at 1080p, 348 FPS at 1440p.
• With a high-end card such as the RTX 5080 the game is limited by its engine long before the card, with roughly 360+ FPS at 1080p and 360+ FPS at 1440p by our model.
• With an enthusiast card such as the RTX 5090 the game is limited by its engine long before the card, with roughly 360+ FPS at 1080p and 360+ FPS at 1440p by our model.

Processor demand is rated separately: Silver Pines scores 21 on our CPU scale, higher than 21% of the games we model.

Silver Pines PC requirements: minimum and recommended

Official minimum and recommended specs for Silver Pines, translated into frame rates.

These are the developer figures on Steam, and patches can change them.

How the published specs translate to frame rates

At the bottom end, Steam gives NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti. That card manages roughly 84 FPS at 1080p on Low by our estimates, falling to roughly 46 FPS on High.

Steam suggests NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 as the recommended card, good for close to 77 FPS at 1080p and 50 FPS at 1440p on High here. That is above 60 FPS at 1080p, so the recommended spec reads as a comfortable 1080p target.

For the processor, Steam gives Intel Core i5-6600. In our model a chip in that class can prepare close to 100 FPS in this game, so it will not hold back most mid-range cards.

Memory is listed as 8 GB RAM at minimum and 8 GB RAM recommended, with 5 GB available space needed on disk.

Which graphics card do you need for Silver Pines?

The lowest graphics card we tested that hits each target in Silver Pines, plus the first desktop RTX 50 card that does.

The lowest card we tested that holds 60 FPS at 1080p on High is the GTX 1060 6GB, and the first desktop RTX 50 card to do it is the RTX 5050.

Raise the target to 1440p and the bar moves: the GTX 1060 6GB is the lowest card to reach 60 FPS on High, while the RTX 5050 is the first RTX 50 card to get there.

At 4K, expect to lean on upscaling. The RTX 5050 is the first desktop RTX 50 card to reach 60 FPS on High once Quality upscaling is switched on.

NVIDIA, AMD and Intel cards all appear in the list. For a personal answer with your own CPU and RAM, use the can my PC run it checker or look for a CPU bottleneck with the bottleneck checker.

Estimated Silver Pines FPS on 28 graphics cards

Estimated frame rates for 28 GPUs from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel. Switch resolution below.

The fastest card here, the RTX 5090, returns around 360+ FPS at 1440p and 360+ FPS at 4K. The RTX 5050 sits at roughly 259 FPS at 1440p, which shows how wide the range is in Silver Pines.

Full results table

These estimates use the High preset with a fast processor. The last two columns use Quality upscaling (DLSS, FSR or XeSS, if the game offers it). Anything over 360 FPS is capped at 360+ for display. Compare two cards directly in the GPU comparison tool.

Is your graphics card good enough for Silver Pines?

Twelve popular cards, with a plain-English verdict for each.

Verdicts below use High settings throughout. For older cards a weak result mostly means lowering the preset, since Low and Medium settings recover a lot of speed by our model.

Between the RTX 5060 (348 FPS at 1440p) and the RTX 5070 (360+ FPS) there is roughly a 11% difference in Silver Pines.

Silver Pines settings by resolution

A 60 FPS plan for each resolution, built from the model and tailored to this game.

1080p playbook

At 1080p, GTX 1660 Super, RTX 3060 12GB, RTX 4060 hold 60 FPS natively on High by our model, so you can leave upscaling off and spend the headroom on settings.

Use the table as a starting point: it shows the highest preset that still hits 60 FPS for each card at 1080p.

1440p playbook

At 1440p, RTX 4060, RTX 5060, RTX 5070 hold 60 FPS natively on High by our model, so you can leave upscaling off and spend the headroom on settings.

Each row below is the best-looking combination that still holds 60 FPS at 1440p by our model.

4K playbook

4K is straightforward on RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 4080 Super, RTX 5080, which hold 60 FPS on High natively here, so you only need upscaling for extra smoothness.

Pick your card in the table for the preset and upscaling mode that keep 4K above 60 FPS.

Stepping up the RTX 50 range in Silver Pines

How much faster each next RTX 50 card is at 1440p on the High preset.

Our model finds the best value step at RTX 5050 to RTX 5060, close to 35% faster at 1440p, and the weakest at RTX 5060 Ti 16GB to RTX 5070, roughly 0%.

Because Silver Pines is light on graphics hardware, upgrades beyond the middle of the range mostly raise a number the game or CPU already limits, so a dearer card buys little.

Compare options directly in the upgrade value calculator or the GPU price to performance calculator.

Graphics memory for Silver Pines: how much is enough?

Modelled VRAM use at High settings. Running short causes stutter even on a fast GPU.

Expect roughly 2 GB of VRAM at 1080p, 2.6 GB at 1440p and 3.6 GB at 4K on High. Remember that this is an estimate derived from the recommended GPU.

Dropping texture quality is the quickest way to save memory: stepping from High to Medium trims the estimate to close to 2.2 GB at 1440p.

Budget tiers: 6, 8, 12 and 16 GB cards

• A 6 GB card is comfortable at 1080p, comfortable at 1440p and comfortable at 4K on High. Where it is short, Medium textures and upscaling are the practical fixes.
• On an 8 GB card, 1080p is comfortable, 1440p is comfortable and 4K is comfortable on High. Where it is short, Medium textures and upscaling are the practical fixes.
• On a 12 GB card, 1080p is comfortable, 1440p is comfortable and 4K is comfortable on High. Memory is rarely a worry at these settings.
• A 16 GB card is comfortable at 1080p, comfortable at 1440p and comfortable at 4K on High. Memory is rarely a worry at these settings.

Test other settings in the VRAM calculator and see how much VRAM you need for gaming.

Silver Pines processor guide

How much frame rate each processor can prepare in this game.

Minimum CPU: Intel Core i5-4460. Recommended: Intel Core i5-6600. The table converts processor strength into a ceiling on frames per second for Silver Pines.

Silver Pines is gentle on processors (below most of the games we model), so even a budget chip should keep a mid-range card busy.

The Core i5-12400F caps at roughly 212 FPS in Silver Pines by our model. Beyond that frame rate the CPU, not the card, sets the pace.

Check your own CPU and GPU together in the bottleneck checker and our system bottlenecks guide.

Matching a processor to a graphics card for Silver Pines

Does the CPU or the GPU set the pace? Seven example builds.

Not every pairing is balanced. 7 of the seven below are held back by the processor at 1440p, starting with RTX 4060 plus Core i3-12100F (CPU ceiling near 162 FPS against close to 299 FPS of graphics power).

The best-balanced pairing is the RTX 5090 with Ryzen 7 9800X3D: its processor ceiling (close to 360+ FPS) sits close to what the card can draw (roughly 360+ FPS) at 1440p, so neither part is wasted.

These pairings are examples, not recommendations to buy. Swap in your own parts with the bottleneck checker to see which side limits you.

Silver Pines memory and disk space

What Steam gives for memory and disk space, and what it means in practice.

The publisher lists 8 GB RAM of memory as the minimum and 8 GB RAM as recommended. In real use, with everything else running, 16 GB is enough for most people.

The install asks for roughly 5 GB. Downloading it takes around 8 min at 100 Mbps and close to 2 min at 500 Mbps, allowing for overhead.

On drives: Steam does not insist on an SSD, though one will shorten loads.

Size your memory with the RAM calculator: it adds Windows, a browser and any streaming to the game's own needs. Check how long the install takes with the download time calculator.

Silver Pines best graphics settings

Starter settings for six well-known cards. Cells list the highest-quality preset that keeps 60 FPS.

The table gives the best-looking setup that still holds 60 FPS in Silver Pines for each card and resolution.

• After that, cut the most expensive settings. Shadows, volumetric effects and draw distance usually cost the most, if the game offers them.
• Adjust a single setting at once and note the effect on FPS before moving on.
• Keep textures high when your card has the memory. They barely touch frame rate. The model puts this game at 2.6 GB for 1440p.
• Cap your frame rate to your monitor to save power and heat, and check the VRR and frame cap calculator for a sensible figure.
• Start with upscaling. You lose little sharpness and gain a lot of speed. Take the gentlest mode that reaches the frame rate you want.

Settings assume the game offers an upscaler; check the graphics menu. For advice matched to your own PC, use the best settings generator and compare upscaling modes in the DLSS and frame generation estimator.

Can a gaming laptop run Silver Pines?

Modelled laptop results at the power limits laptops usually ship with.

At typical power limits, RTX 5050 Laptop, RTX 5060 Laptop, RTX 5070 Laptop, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, RTX 5080 Laptop, RTX 5090 Laptop reach 60 FPS at 1080p on High by our model, and RTX 5050 Laptop, RTX 5060 Laptop, RTX 5070 Laptop, RTX 5070 Ti Laptop, RTX 5080 Laptop, RTX 5090 Laptop also manage 1440p.

A laptop GPU is only as fast as the power and cooling its maker allows. Look for the TGP in the spec sheet before relying on any estimate.

Test other power limits in the laptop TGP estimator.

Genre tips: playing Silver Pines well on PC

General guidance for this kind of game, chosen from the Steam genres and features.

Steam gives Silver Pines under Action, Adventure, Indie, so these general tips apply. They are hedged guidance rather than facts about the game's engine.

• Full controller support is listed, so playing from the sofa on a TV is an option, where 60 FPS is usually the sensible target.
• Exploration-heavy adventures tend to hitch when new areas load, which an SSD and spare VRAM can soften.
• Small teams sometimes skip advanced graphics menus, so resolution scaling and a frame cap may be your best tools.
• Action games feel best when frame times are even, so lowering one costly setting is usually better than chasing a high peak.
• Open and large RPG worlds stream in data constantly, so an SSD and enough VRAM help keep movement smooth.

Silver Pines screenshots

Official screenshots of Silver Pines follow. They are promotional images, so your own settings and resolution will look different, but they show the art style.

Screenshots and artwork are promotional images from the Silver Pines Steam store page and belong to Wych Elm and Team17.

Silver Pines compared with similar games

Related PC game guides on this site.

These guides sit closest to Silver Pines in our data, either because they share genres or because they are about as hard to run. The demand scores use one common scale.

• Absolum: 15 on our demand scale, heavier than Silver Pines. Shared genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG.
• Lucid Blocks sits at 4 for graphics demand and is about as demanding as Silver Pines (7). Shared genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG.
• Shape of Dreams sits at 11 for graphics demand and is heavier than Silver Pines (7). Shared genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG.
• Valheim sits at 15 for graphics demand and is heavier than Silver Pines (7). Shared genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG.
• Necesse scores 4 on the same scale (Silver Pines scores 7), which makes it about as demanding. Shared genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG.
• With a demand score of 4, Demon Lord: Just a Block is about as demanding as Silver Pines. Shared genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG.
• Hello Kitty Island Adventure: 8 on our demand scale, about as demanding as Silver Pines. Shared genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG.
• SULFUR scores 28 on the same scale (Silver Pines scores 7), which makes it heavier on graphics. Shared genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG.

Game facts and Steam reviews for Silver Pines

At the time we checked (2026-11-02) Steam showed 2,290 reviews with a Overwhelmingly Positive rating and 97% positive. That is a useful signal for how widely played Silver Pines is.

Being out for close to 1 month, Silver Pines may still receive performance patches, so keep it updated and keep your graphics drivers current.

Steam features

The facts above are from the public Steam store page. We have not benchmarked every card, so treat the frame rates on this page as estimates from our model.

Method: where the Silver Pines numbers come from

A short, honest note on how the numbers are produced.

Three numbers drive this page: graphics demand 7 (from the recommended card), CPU score 21 (from the listed processor line) and VRAM of 2 GB at 1080p High (estimated from the demand score).

In short: card performance divided by game demand, adjusted for resolution, preset and upscaling, reduced when VRAM is short and capped by processor speed.

Nothing on this page is a measured benchmark. Expect real frame rates to differ with drivers, updates and your own system, and treat the tables as a guide.

Silver Pines: your questions answered

Short answers to the most common questions about running Silver Pines on PC.

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