Can I Run Back 4 Blood?
Released in 2021, Back 4 Blood is an action game built by Turtle Rock Studios. Publishing duties went to Warner Bros. Games. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Completionists have 93 achievements to work through. It is localised into 15 languages according to the store listing. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Its Metacritic score stands at 77. Over 54 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3 GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.4 GHz) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OR AMD Radeon RX 570 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400 (2.8 GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 7 1800X (3.6 GHz) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 OR AMD Radeon RX 590 |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an outbreak scenario, moving through combat arenas. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. The view is from a first person view.
Why Back 4 Blood is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Back 4 Blood. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 OR AMD Radeon RX 590 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Back 4 Blood within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. System memory expectations are modest at 12 GB. Back 4 Blood needs 64 bit Windows. Back 4 Blood calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Disk footprint is light, near 40 GB. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Back 4 Blood scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Back 4 Blood?
Older hardware holds up here: Back 4 Blood runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OR AMD Radeon RX 570 enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
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 | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Back 4 Blood'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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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Back 4 Blood?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Back 4 Blood?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3 GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (3.4 GHz); GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti OR AMD Radeon RX 570; 8 GB RAM; OS: 64-bit Windows 10.
How much storage does Back 4 Blood need?
Back 4 Blood needs about 40 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Back 4 Blood?
The RTX 3060 runs Back 4 Blood comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Back 4 Blood?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Back 4 Blood is the GPU.