Can I Run Batman: Arkham Origins?
Released in 2013, Batman: Arkham Origins is an action adventure game built by WB Games Montreal. Publishing duties went to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game supports a single player campaign. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. With more than 44 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Steam lists support for 9 languages. Completionists have 60 achievements to work through. Its Metacritic score stands at 74.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2, 2.8 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS / AMD Radeon HD 3850 or better with 512 MB of VRAM |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | 32-bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 6950 or better with 768 MB+ of VRAM (DirectX 11 Compatible) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | 64-bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an investigation, moving through one continuous open world. There are 5 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a third person view. That openness is what costs performance. Batman: Arkham Origins has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.
Why Batman: Arkham Origins is demanding
System memory expectations are modest at 4 GB. Batman: Arkham Origins takes about 20 GB of disk space. Batman: Arkham Origins needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Batman: Arkham Origins?
Batman: Arkham Origins targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS / AMD Radeon HD 3850 or better with 512 MB of VRAM and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 / AMD Radeon HD 6950 or better with 768 MB+ of VRAM (DirectX 11 Compatible) for the recommended experience. 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 Origins?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Batman: Arkham Origins?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2, 2.8 GHz; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS / AMD Radeon HD 3850 or better with 512 MB of VRAM; 2 GB RAM; OS: 32-bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8.
How much storage does Batman: Arkham Origins need?
Batman: Arkham Origins needs about 20 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Batman: Arkham Origins?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Batman: Arkham Origins is the CPU.