FIRESTARTERS PC Requirements and Startup Troubleshooting

What PC requirements does the developer publish?

The official Steam page lists the specifications below. These are hardware requirements, without a published resolution or frame-rate target. Compare the actual GPU model and graphics support as well as the CPU, memory and operating system.

Component	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10, 64-bit	Windows 11, 64-bit
CPU	4-core Intel i3 or AMD Ryzen 3	6-core Intel i5 or AMD Ryzen 5
RAM	2 GB	2 GB
Graphics	Dedicated 2 GB GDDR5; GT 1030 / RX 550	Dedicated 4 GB GDDR6; GTX 1650 / RX 6400 / Intel Arc A380
Storage	1 GB available	1 GB available

The minimum entry explicitly requires Vulkan 1.3 and also lists DirectX 12. Vulkan 1.3 is not repeated in the recommended entry. The developer labels the requirements as subject to change.

Which known issue matches your failure?

Update to the current Steam build first, then compare the exact symptom. The developer has documented several different problems, so a launch failure alone does not identify which component is responsible.

Symptom	Documented response	Focused guide
“Unable to find a suitable GPU” / Vulkan -3	Developer identified a GPU-selection regression and said version 0.2.2.8 reverted it	GPU detection
Crash when the audio output cannot initialize	October 31 patch tries other devices, then permits launch without sound	Audio startup
Rebinding fails with some keyboard layouts	October 31 patch includes a rebinding fix	Keybind reset and update
Russian-language crash or ultrawide dialogue wrapping	October 28 patch addresses these symptoms	Language reference

The GPU regression is described in the developer’s launch-failure reply. It does not mean every unsupported GPU can run the game after updating. The other fixes are recorded in the October 28 and October 31 notes.

Where are the Windows logs?

Open File Explorer or Windows Run and enter the path below. The developer confirms that logs are stored under the Windows user’s local AppData directory, rather than beside the installed game executable.

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Studio Kerosene\Firestarters\Logs

If the folder is absent, the developer says a failure may have occurred before filesystem initialization. The logs and public-debug guide explains the diagnostic branch mentioned in that thread. Include the GPU model and exact error when reporting a failure.

What if the game starts but FPS looks wrong?

Use Framerate Limit for an FPS cap. Developer guidance says its preferred low-latency VSync implementation may stop tearing without limiting FPS to the monitor’s refresh rate. This is separate from the startup problems above.

For supported platforms and controller-status questions, see the platform reference.

Sources checked November 2, 2026. No hardware benchmark or universal startup fix is claimed.