Requirements

Requirements

To develop projects with Xenko, you need:

RequirementSpecifications
Hard drive space5GB
Operating systemWindows 7, 8.1, 10
IDE for writing codeVisual Studio 2015 or 2017
CPUx64
GPUDirect3D 10+ compatible GPU
RAM4GB (minimum), 8GB (recommended)

RAM requirements vary depending on your project:

  • Developing simple 2D applications doesn't require much RAM.
  • Developing 3D games with lots of assets requires larger amounts of RAM.

Mobile development

To develop for mobile platforms, you also need:

PlatformRequirements
AndroidXamarin
iOSMac computer, Xamarin
Note
  • Xamarin is included with Visual Studio licenses. For instructions about how to install Xamarin with Visual Studio 2017, see this MSDN page.

For information about platforms Xenko supports, see Platforms.

Run games made with Xenko

To run games made with Xenko, you need:

  • .NET 4.6.1
  • DirectX11 (included with Windows 10 and later), OpenGL, or Vulkan
  • Visual C++ 2015 runtimes (x86 and/or x64, depending on what you set in your project properties in Visual Studio)