Can I Run Dark?
Dark is an action adventure game from TT Games, released in 2026. Warner Bros. Games published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. This is current generation software, and the requirements read that way. It carries 52 achievements. It is localised into 16 languages according to the store listing. Cloud saves are enabled. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Critics scored it 84 on Metacritic. Over 8 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6400, 4 GB or Intel Arc A580, 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-12700 or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT, 8 GB or Intel Arc B580, 12 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Play is built around one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. Dark has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 8 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Dark is demanding
Dark sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Dark. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Dark at the floor and Dark at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Disk footprint is light, near 50 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dark?
Dark is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6400, 4 GB or Intel Arc A580, 8 GB clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: CPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 0.94x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.53x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.24x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Dark'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
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dark?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 6400, 4 GB or Intel Arc A580, 8 GB; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 11.
How much storage does Dark need?
Dark needs about 50 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dark?
The RTX 3060 runs Dark comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dark?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dark is the CPU.