Professional Ship Simulator System Requirements - Tutorial Settings and Hardware

Professional Ship Simulator publishes both a minimum and a recommended tier, and both are unusually heavy on graphics memory: at least 8GB of VRAM minimum, 12GB recommended. The install is a modest 16 GB, so the card is the binding constraint.

The published minimum, row by row

Requirement	Published value
Operating system	Windows 11 Home
Processor	Intel Core i5-12500H (or similar)
Memory	16 GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA GTX 1080 TI or similar (min. 8GB VRAM)
DirectX	Version 12
Network	Broadband Internet connection
Storage	16 GB available space
Sound card	DirectX-compatible sound card

Two lines stand out. The processor is a mobile part, which suggests the listing was written against a laptop reference machine, and the sound card line is listed explicitly rather than left to the operating system.

The recommended tier as published

The recommended block raises three things: the processor to an Intel Core i7-13700HX, memory to 32 GB, and graphics to an RTX 4070 with 12GB VRAM or an AMD RX 7800 XT.

The operating system, DirectX version, network line, storage figure and sound card note stay identical to the minimum. That symmetry makes the graphics and memory jumps the only real headroom the listing asks for.

What the requirement text leaves out

• No resolution or frame-rate target on either tier.
• No mention of Steam Deck verification or compatibility.
• No explanation of what the broadband connection is used for.
• No note on how the real-time weather feed changes the load.
• No Linux or macOS list, because no such build is listed.

The absent frame-rate target is the most practical gap for a simulation, because the setting that matters most on a large map is how much traffic and weather the machine can hold at a stable frame rate.

Tutorials, settings and a shared machine

The listing ties onboarding to guided tutorials, and it publishes nothing about what settings those tutorials walk through. Volume, quality and control options are not described on the store page, so this page does not invent a settings list.

What is published is the progression: tutorials or structured missions, then credits, fleet and licences. A machine that only clears the minimum will run the tutorials; the recommended tier is what the listing frames as the headroom for the larger commercial vessels and the harbour traffic.

Practical setup notes

The safest reading of the two tiers is to treat memory and VRAM as the real bars. A machine with 16 GB of RAM and an 8GB card sits exactly on the published minimum, with no published margin above it. Because no frame-rate target exists, there is no official measure of what that minimum actually feels like.

DirectX 12 is required on both tiers, and the sound card note is explicit, which matters for a simulator where radio communication is a listed system.

Where to go next

The platform picture is on Availability, the scale of the maps is on the Cheat Sheet, and the beginner route is on New Player Guide.