Can I Run Blade of Darkness?
Blade of Darkness is an action role playing game from Rebel Act Studios, released in 2021. SNEG published it. It offers a single player campaign. With more than 2 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Cloud saves are enabled. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Critics scored it 75 on Metacritic. It is localised into 7 languages according to the store listing. There are 56 achievements to chase. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual Core 2Ghz Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 11 compatible for 1920x1080 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5 Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 950 / Radeon R7 370 for 4K |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 3 GB HDD |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Blade of Darkness places its action in a bleak fantasy world, and the player works through interlocking areas that reward learning the route. The publisher supplies 19 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Blade of Darkness is demanding
Blade of Darkness is undemanding on the graphics side. Its GeForce GTX 950 / Radeon R7 370 for 4K target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Blade of Darkness. Blade of Darkness needs 64 bit Windows. Blade of Darkness needs only 4 GB of RAM. The install is small at roughly 3 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Blade of Darkness?
Blade of Darkness targets a mainstream modern PC: DirectX 11 compatible for 1920x1080 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to GeForce GTX 950 / Radeon R7 370 for 4K 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 | 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 Blade of Darkness'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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DOOM EternalFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run Blade of Darkness?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Blade of Darkness?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual Core 2Ghz Processor; GPU: DirectX 11 compatible for 1920x1080; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does Blade of Darkness need?
Blade of Darkness needs about 3 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Blade of Darkness?
The RTX 3060 runs Blade of Darkness comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Blade of Darkness?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Blade of Darkness is the GPU.