Can I Run Dark and Darker?
IRONMACE released Dark and Darker in 2024. It is an action role playing game, self published by the studio. It offers cooperative play. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. 11 languages are covered by the store listing. The base game is free to play, so trying it costs only disk space and download time. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3.0 GHz Quad Core CPU |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB of video RAM or Radeon RX 580 with 4GB of video RAM or Intel Arc A380 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10, 11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 3.6 GHz Quad Core CPU |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce RTX or Radeon RX5600 or Intel Arc A580 or above |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
| OS | 64-bit Windows 10, 11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a medieval setting, moving through dungeon floors. The view is from a first person view. 21 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Dark and Darker is demanding
The graphics requirement for Dark and Darker is light. Hardware around GeForce RTX or Radeon RX5600 or Intel Arc A580 or above is enough, so Dark and Darker runs on machines never bought for gaming. Dark and Darker expects 16 GB of system memory. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Dark and Darker scales hard with the hardware you give it. Dark and Darker calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. The install is small at roughly 15 GB. Dark and Darker needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dark and Darker?
Dark and Darker is light on hardware. Its minimum, GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB of video RAM or Radeon RX 580 with 4GB of video RAM or Intel Arc A380, 8 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 great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Dark and Darker'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 Dark and Darker?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dark and Darker?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3.0 GHz Quad Core CPU; GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 with 3GB of video RAM or Radeon RX 580 with 4GB of video RAM or Intel Arc A380; 8 GB RAM; OS: 64-bit Windows 10, 11.
How much storage does Dark and Darker need?
Dark and Darker needs about 15 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dark and Darker?
The RTX 3060 runs Dark and Darker comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dark and Darker?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dark and Darker is the GPU.