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Can I Run Crysis 2?

Released in 2022, Crysis 2 is an action game built by Crytek. It offers a single player campaign. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Steam lists support for 12 languages. With more than 8 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Completionists have 35 achievements to work through. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.

Developer CrytekRelease 2022Genre Action
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470
GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
RAM8 GB
Storage54 GB
OSWindows 10 64 bit
DirectX11

Recommended requirements

CPUIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600 or higher
GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TI
RAM16 GB
Storage54 GB
OSWindows 10 64-Bit latest update
DirectX11

Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source

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Setting and environment

Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through combat arenas. The view is from a first person view. There are 9 official screenshots to judge the look from.

Why Crysis 2 is demanding

Crysis 2 sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TI, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Crysis 2 takes about 54 GB of disk space. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Crysis 2 at the floor and Crysis 2 at the recommended tier are not the same experience. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Crysis 2 needs 64 bit Windows.

This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.

Can you run Crysis 2?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the graphics card is the tightest fit.

Crysis 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TI for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.

Bottleneck: GPU

Projected by resolution

ResolutionProjectionHeadroom
1080pRuns well1.28x
1440pBelow the bar0.72x
4KBelow the bar0.32x

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 cardVerdict
GTX 1060 6 GBRuns well
GTX 1060 LaptopPlayable
GTX 1650 4 GBPlayable
GTX 1650 LaptopPlayable
RTX 2060 6 GBRuns great
RTX 2060 LaptopRuns well
RTX 3060 12 GBRuns great
RTX 3060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4060 8 GBRuns great
RTX 4060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3070 8 GBRuns great
RTX 3070 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4070 12 GBRuns great
RTX 4070 LaptopRuns great
RX 6600 8 GBRuns great

Each card is compared against Crysis 2'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 Crysis 2?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Crysis 2?

The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3470; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64 bit.

How much storage does Crysis 2 need?

Crysis 2 needs about 54 GB of available storage.

Can an RTX 3060 run Crysis 2?

The RTX 3060 runs Crysis 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.

What is the bottleneck for Crysis 2?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Crysis 2 is the GPU.