Terraria PC Requirements: The Legendary 2D Sandbox Game

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Terraria is one of the best-selling games ever made and runs on virtually any Windows PC from the last decade.

What Is Terraria?

Terraria by Re-Logic is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game. Players explore a procedurally generated world, mine resources, craft weapons and equipment, build structures, and battle over 400 unique bosses. With over 44 million copies sold (as of 2023), it is one of the most beloved indie games ever made.

PC Requirements

Minimum:
  • CPU: 2.0 GHz processor
  • GPU: DirectX 9.0c capable (virtually any GPU)
  • RAM: 2.5 GB
  • Storage: 200 MB
Recommended:
  • CPU: 3.5 GHz single-core performance processor
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD equivalent
  • RAM: 4 GB

Terraria's Performance Demands

Terraria is a 2D pixel art game. Its performance footprint is minimal. Modern CPUs run it at the capped 60 FPS with near-zero utilization. The game will run on integrated graphics from a decade ago without issue.

The Journey's End Update

Re-Logic's 1.4 "Journey's End" update (2020) added hundreds of hours of content and was proclaimed the final major update, though smaller updates continue. Modded Terraria (via tModLoader) can extend the game near-infinitely with thousands of community mods including Calamity, Thorium, and Fargo's Souls mods.

Multiplayer

Terraria supports both peer-to-peer and dedicated server multiplayer for up to 255 players on a single world.

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