Can I Run Dark Souls III?
FromSoftware, Inc. released Dark Souls III in 2016. It is an action game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. The game ships for Windows alone. Its Steam review count passes 277 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. There are 43 achievements to chase. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Its Metacritic score stands at 89. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD® FX-6300 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3770 / AMD® FX-8350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 series |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a bleak fantasy world. Play is structured around interlocking areas that reward learning the route. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Dark Souls III is demanding
The graphics requirement for Dark Souls III is light. Hardware around NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 series is enough, so Dark Souls III runs on machines never bought for gaming. Dark Souls III needs 64 bit Windows. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Dark Souls III scales hard with the hardware you give it. Disk footprint is light, near 25 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dark Souls III?
Dark Souls III is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950, 4 GB RAM, about 25 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 | 3.7x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.08x |
| 4K | Borderline | 0.92x |
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 Dark Souls III'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 Souls III?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD® FX-6300; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 7950; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit.
How much storage does Dark Souls III need?
Dark Souls III needs about 25 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dark Souls III?
The RTX 3060 runs Dark Souls III comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dark Souls III?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dark Souls III is the GPU.