Can I Run Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Released in 2025, Assassin's Creed Shadows is an action adventure game built by Ubisoft Quebec. Publishing duties went to Ubisoft. It offers a single player campaign. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. Steam lists support for 13 languages. Completionists have 75 achievements to work through. The game ships for Windows alone. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Over 33 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | INTEL® Core TM i7 8700K AMD RYZEN 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GEFORCE GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX-5500 XT 8GB / INTEL® ARC TM A380 6GB (REBAR ON)" |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 115 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5 11600k/AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600x |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia® GeForce RTX™ 3060Ti 8GB/AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT 12GB/Intel® Arc™ B580 12GB (REBAR ON) |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 115 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a historical setting, moving through one continuous open world. 9 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Assassin's Creed Shadows can never assume the player will stop and let it load. It is played in three dimensions.
Why Assassin's Creed Shadows is demanding
The graphics demand in Assassin's Creed Shadows is at the top end. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060Ti outscores our RTX 3060 reference, and a machine that clears Assassin's Creed Shadows comfortably will clear most other things. The 8 GB VRAM figure quietly excludes a lot of 6 GB hardware that would otherwise cope. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Assassin's Creed Shadows at the floor and Assassin's Creed Shadows at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Assassin's Creed Shadows calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Assassin's Creed Shadows wants about 115 GB of disk space on an SSD, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive. Assassin's Creed Shadows expects 16 GB of system memory.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Free up space before installing Assassin's Creed Shadows: it needs roughly 115 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA® GEFORCE GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX-5500 XT 8GB / INTEL® ARC TM A380 6GB (REBAR ON)" and 16 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Assassin's Creed Shadows needs about 115 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.83x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.47x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.21x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Assassin's Creed Shadows's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Can my PC run Assassin's Creed Shadows?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Assassin's Creed Shadows?
The minimum requirements are CPU: INTEL® Core TM i7 8700K AMD RYZEN 5 3600; GPU: NVIDIA® GEFORCE GTX 1650 4GB / AMD RX-5500 XT 8GB / INTEL® ARC TM A380 6GB (REBAR ON)"; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10/11.
How much storage does Assassin's Creed Shadows need?
Assassin's Creed Shadows needs about 115 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Assassin's Creed Shadows?
The RTX 3060 runs Assassin's Creed Shadows well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for Assassin's Creed Shadows?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Assassin's Creed Shadows is the GPU.