Can I Run Batman: Arkham City?
Rocksteady Studios released Batman: Arkham City in 2012. It is an action adventure game, published by WB Games. It offers a single player campaign. The game ships for Windows alone. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. 7 languages are covered by the store listing. With more than 55 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Metacritic places it at 91. Cloud saves are enabled. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Completionists have 64 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+ |
|---|---|
| GPU | ATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 17 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows XP, Vista, 7 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an investigation. Play is structured around one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Batman: Arkham City can never assume the player will stop and let it load. Play is presented from a third person view. The publisher supplies 11 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Batman: Arkham City is demanding
The DirectX requirement is undemanding, at version 9. Batman: Arkham City takes about 17 GB of disk space. Batman: Arkham City needs only 2 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Batman: Arkham City?
Batman: Arkham City targets a mainstream modern PC: ATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Batman: Arkham City?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Batman: Arkham City?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+; GPU: ATI 3850HD 512 MB or NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7.
How much storage does Batman: Arkham City need?
Batman: Arkham City needs about 17 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Batman: Arkham City?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Batman: Arkham City is the CPU.