Can I Run Battle Chasers: Nightwar?
Released in 2017, Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an indie role playing game built by Airship Syndicate. Publishing duties went to THQ Nordic. It offers a single player campaign. Being 9 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Its Steam review count passes 5 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. There are 48 achievements to chase. 11 languages are covered by the store listing. Critics scored it 78 on Metacritic. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.0 GHz CPU |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD 4000 or equivalent with 1 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 2.5 GHZ |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around dungeon floors. There are 22 official screenshots to judge the look from. Play is presented from an isometric view.
Why Battle Chasers: Nightwar is demanding
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Battle Chasers: Nightwar. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 1 GB. Battle Chasers: Nightwar needs only 8 GB of RAM. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Battle Chasers: Nightwar at the floor and Battle Chasers: Nightwar at the recommended tier are not the same experience. The install is small at roughly 10 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Battle Chasers: Nightwar?
Battle Chasers: Nightwar is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD 4000 or equivalent with 1 GB VRAM, 4 GB RAM, about 10 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 4.05x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.28x |
| 4K | Borderline | 1.01x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Battle Chasers: Nightwar'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 Battle Chasers: Nightwar?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Battle Chasers: Nightwar?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.0 GHz CPU; GPU: Intel HD 4000 or equivalent with 1 GB VRAM; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Battle Chasers: Nightwar need?
Battle Chasers: Nightwar needs about 10 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Battle Chasers: Nightwar?
The RTX 3060 runs Battle Chasers: Nightwar comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Battle Chasers: Nightwar?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Battle Chasers: Nightwar is the GPU.