Can I Run Bayonetta?
Bayonetta is an action adventure game from PlatinumGames, released in 2017. SEGA published it. The game supports a single player campaign. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Its Metacritic score stands at 90. Its Steam review count passes 26 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. 6 languages are covered by the store listing. Completionists have 50 achievements to work through. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Its 9 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Core i3 3220 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Radeon HD6950 / GeForce GTX 570 (VRAM 768MB) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 (8.1)/ 10 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i5 4460 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Radeon HD7870 / Geforce GTX 760 or more (VRAM 2GB or more) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 / 8 (8.1)/ 10 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Bayonetta is set in a fantasy world. 12 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a third person view.
Why Bayonetta is demanding
Bayonetta is undemanding on the graphics side. Its Radeon HD7870 / Geforce GTX 760 or more (VRAM target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Bayonetta. It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 2 GB. Bayonetta takes about 20 GB of disk space. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Bayonetta?
Bayonetta targets a mainstream modern PC: Radeon HD6950 / GeForce GTX 570 (VRAM 768MB) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Radeon HD7870 / Geforce GTX 760 or more (VRAM 2GB or more) for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 3.95x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.22x |
| 4K | Borderline | 0.99x |
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 Bayonetta'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
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What are the minimum system requirements for Bayonetta?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Core i3 3220; GPU: Radeon HD6950 / GeForce GTX 570 (VRAM 768MB); 4 GB RAM; OS: Microsoft Windows 7 / 8 (8.1)/ 10.
How much storage does Bayonetta need?
Bayonetta needs about 20 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Bayonetta?
The RTX 3060 runs Bayonetta comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Bayonetta?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Bayonetta is the GPU.