Can I Run Black Water?
Black Water is an adventure game from KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD., released in 2021. KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. The game ships for Windows alone. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. It is localised into 6 languages according to the store listing. Over 5 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Cloud saves are enabled. Completionists have 39 achievements to work through. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 750 or over |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or over, AMD Radeon RX 550 or over, 1280x720 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10, 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7 2600 or over |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or over, AMD Radeon RX 570 or over, 1920x1080 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10, 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game takes place in a horror setting. Play is presented from a third person view. The publisher supplies 7 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Black Water is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Black Water. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or over, AMD Radeon RX 570 or over, 1920x1080 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Black Water within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Black Water scales hard with the hardware you give it. Disk footprint is light, near 25 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. 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 Black Water?
Black Water is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or over, AMD Radeon RX 550 or over, 1280x720, 4 GB RAM, about 25 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 | 2.83x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.59x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.71x |
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 Black Water'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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What are the minimum system requirements for Black Water?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 750 or over; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or over, AMD Radeon RX 550 or over, 1280x720; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10, 64bit.
How much storage does Black Water need?
Black Water needs about 25 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Black Water?
The RTX 3060 runs Black Water comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Black Water?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Black Water is the GPU.