Super Meat Boy — Settings, Requirements & Optimization

2010 · Platformer, Indie · NVIDIA Lightspeed Studios · Metacritic 87

Super Meat Boy cover art
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Preset: Ultra · Est. 4968 FPS @ 1080p
Preset recommendationUltra
Expected FPS band4968 FPS
Target refresh60 Hz
UpscalerDLSS/FSR not needed at this resolution
Ray tracingRT optional — raster first
Frame capYour estimated range (49–68 FPS) partially meets 60 Hz — drop one preset step or enable the upscaler to hold it.

Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 1/9.

Official system requirements

Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.

SpecMinimumRecommended
OSOS: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 (Windows 8 is not officially supported)
ProcessorProcessor: 1.4GHz or faster
MemoryMemory: 1 GB RAM
GraphicsGraphics: Graphics Card made within the last 4 years (Pixel Shader 3.0, Vertex Shader 3.0)
StorageDirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
DirectXHard Drive: 300 MB
Item 7Controller Support: Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller or Direct Input compatible controller

About Super Meat Boy

Super Meat Boy is a fast-paced 2D platform game that rewards mechanical perfection and accuracy of controls. Meat Boy has to save Bandage Girl from Doctor Fetus, by completing the platforming challenges. The game has 5 main worlds, each consisting of 20 light levels, 20 dark and harder versions of those levels and a boss fight. Meat Boy has only one life and cannot take any damage, but there is no limit on attempts, so players can try and fail the stage until they get it right or collect special bandages. Unique replay system will show the player every try they made at the same time right after they completed the level. Super Meat boy has multiple characters, some of them are a different skin for Meat Boy and in-game adaptations of other indie-game protagonists, that can be unlocked by completing their special challenge levels, hidden somewhere in the campaign; or by collecting set amount of bandages. Players will be able to choose any unlocked character for any level from the main menu. The game gives players access to the community created maps, but even without it – Super Meat Boy offers more than 300 levels.

SingleplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGreat Soundtrack

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Sources & attribution

  • Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
  • FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the Super Meat Boy optimization card is computed

Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.