Editorial standards
The rules every number on this site follows, written down so you can hold us to them.
Rule 1: publisher requirements, word for word
Minimum and recommended specs come from each game’s Steam store listing. We keep the publisher’s wording and show it beside every comparison. Unreleased games often list placeholders — “TBD”, “Coming soon”, a bare “OS” — and those are removed, never treated as a requirement.
Rule 2: “not stated” beats a guess
If a publisher names no part we can place, the line is shown as not stated and left out of any calculation. A game without a measurable graphics requirement does not appear in rankings or lists that depend on one.
Rule 3: one index for all hardware
Each graphics card and processor has a score from published gaming benchmark results, scaled so the fastest part we list sits at the top — currently the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 for cards and the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for processors. The processor index weighs gaming results, so an eight-core gaming chip can outrank a workstation part with twice the cores.
The scale is relative. When a faster part launches, the rest are rescored and their numbers drop, although nothing about them has changed.
Rule 4: models are labelled as models
Frame rates are estimated, not recorded. A PC exactly at a game’s recommended spec is taken as 60 FPS at 1080p on high; your parts’ scores against that spec, the resolution and the preset move the figure, and the processor caps it. Every page that shows such a number says it is an estimate, and very high results are shown as “300+” rather than as a precise figure the model can’t support.
Judgement calls — tier boundaries, VR headset thresholds, the power-supply headroom — are described as ours where they appear.
Rule 5: unreleased means unreleased
Announced games are listed with the publisher’s date text, marked as unreleased, and kept out of anything that tells you what you can play today. Anticipation claims carry a link to the source that measured them.
Corrections
Errors are fixed in the underlying data, so every page and tool that reads it updates together. Send the page address and the correct value to hello@canitrunpc.com; reports that point to a checkable source are dealt with first.
Independence and money
No hardware maker, developer or publisher pays for a score, a tier or a place on a list, and none can have one changed. If the site ever carries sponsored or affiliate content, it will be labelled on the page where it appears.
Images
Game art is limited to official logos from SteamGridDB, converted and served from this site. Logos and trademarks belong to their owners.