Can I Run Star Citizen on Windows 11?

Two week ago, Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has announced the next five years plan to significantly increase its UK studio team from current 400-person team to 1000 by 2026. As Star Citizen becomes more and more popular, some players reported that they can’t play Star Citizen after they upgrade to Windows 11 and it keeps crashing in Windows 11. This article will tell you the answer can I run Star Citizen and how to fix its crashing on Windows 11.

About Star Citizen

Star Citizen is a space simulation video game that has been released on Microsoft Windows and Linux. It is an MMORPG game that also has a single-player mode . The game is designed based on the improved CryEngine. Star Citizen is set in the fictional United Empire of Earth (UEE) at the center of the 30th century galaxy, a late Roman Empire-like system. The theme of the game is that players act as citizens on UEE. Players make a living through various actions such as bounties, mining, shipping, etc., and an obvious focus of the game is on player interactions. It is also affected by dynamic economic systems.

In the month of May every year, there will be “Fleet Week” as a free trial event for Star Citizen. At the same time, there will also be a carnival every year (usually on October 10) and anniversaryto start the free trial event. The free trial event usually lasts for two weeks.

Can I Run Star Citizen on Windows 11?

If you want to play Star Citizen on Windows 11, please check the system requirements of the game to confirm can you run Star Citizen on Windows 11 device, before you do any system or hardware modifications.

System Requirements of Star Citizen

System Requirements	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 7 (64bit) with Service Pack 1, Windows 8 (64bit), Windows 10	Windows 7 (64bit) with Service Pack 1, Windows 8 (64bit), Windows 10
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1600	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000
Video Card	DirectX 11 Graphics Card with 2GB RAM	DirectX 11 Graphics Card with 2GB RAM (4GB strongly recommended)
Vertex Shader	5.0	5.1
Pixel Shader	5.0	5.1
RAM	16 GB	16 GB
Free Disk Space	30 GB	30 GB
Dedicated Video RAM	2 GB	4 GB

How to Fix Star Citizen Crashing on Windows 11?

If your computer didn’t meet the minimum requirements of Star Citizen, please upgrade to your hardware. While, if your system and hardware meet the requirements of the game and it is still not working smoothly, please refer to the solutions below to fix Star Citizen crashing on your Windows 11.

• Remove external devices, such as printer, and USB drive;
• Turn off the third-party antivirus tool or Windows Defender, or add Star Citizen to its white list to allow it to run on Windows 11;
• Run Star Citizen as administrator;
• Download and install the driver. You need to go to the manufacturer website to find the drivers corresponding with your specific flavor of Windows version and download the driver manually. Or run device manager on Windows 11 to let the system to detect and update the drivers for you;
• End the process of any unnecessary background applications in the Task Manager by right-click on the start menu of Windows 11 and choose Task Manager;
• Reinstall Start Citizen;
• Restart Windows;

Although there are some problems resulting in that Star Citizen can’t work or launch on Windows 11, we try our best to help you to check can you run Star Citizen on your Windows system and find out the solutions to fix it not working on Windows 11.