Can I Run Bravely Default II?
Square Enix released Bravely Default II in 2021. It is an adventure role playing game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. Steam lists support for 9 languages. Its 5 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Completionists have 50 achievements to work through. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-4350 / Intel® Core™ i3 2.5GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200 / Intel® Core™ i5 2.5GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RX 480 (8 GB) / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a gentle, brightly drawn world, moving through a linear route. Play is presented in three dimensions. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Bravely Default II is demanding
Bravely Default II is undemanding on the graphics side. Its AMD Radeon RX 480 ( target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Bravely Default II. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Bravely Default II at the floor and Bravely Default II at the recommended tier are not the same experience. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. The 8 GB VRAM figure quietly excludes a lot of 6 GB hardware that would otherwise cope. Disk footprint is light, near 15 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Bravely Default II?
Bravely Default II is light on hardware. Its minimum, AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760, 6 GB RAM, about 15 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 | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
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 | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| 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 Bravely Default II'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 Bravely Default II?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Bravely Default II?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD FX-4350 / Intel® Core™ i3 2.5GHz; GPU: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 64-bit.
How much storage does Bravely Default II need?
Bravely Default II needs about 15 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Bravely Default II?
The RTX 3060 runs Bravely Default II comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Bravely Default II?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Bravely Default II is the GPU.