Can I Run Blacksad?
Blacksad is an adventure game from Pendulo Studios, released in 2019. Microids published it. The game supports a single player campaign. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Builds exist for macOS as well as Windows. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Completionists have 39 achievements to work through. Over 5 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. 8 languages are covered by the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 (3GHz) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD R7 260X / Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2 GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | 64-bits Windows 7 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7 (3GHz) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 / Nvidia GTX 1080 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB |
| OS | 64-bits Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a noir setting, moving through spaces built for exploration. There are 12 official screenshots to judge the look from. That openness is what costs performance. Blacksad has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. Play is presented through a point and click interface.
Why Blacksad is demanding
The ask Blacksad makes is moderate. AMD Radeon RX VEGA 64 / Nvidia GTX 1080 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. DirectX 12 is named, so Blacksad expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Blacksad takes about 30 GB of disk space. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Blacksad scales hard with the hardware you give it. At only 2 GB of VRAM, memory capacity is not what limits Blacksad. The chip itself is. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Blacksad?
Older hardware holds up here: Blacksad runs on modest graphics, with AMD R7 260X / Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2 GB enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Blacksad'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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Can my PC run Blacksad?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Blacksad?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 (3GHz) or equivalent; GPU: AMD R7 260X / Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2 GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: 64-bits Windows 7.
How much storage does Blacksad need?
Blacksad needs about 30 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Blacksad?
The RTX 3060 runs Blacksad comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Blacksad?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Blacksad is the GPU.