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Can I Run Dark Wish?

Dark Wish is an adventure game set in a harsh desert. Explore 'The Dust', a strange and unusual place filled with dangerous animals, bandits, and wanderers who pass on by.A linear but playful and uniq...

Developer Team JungleRelease 2019Genre Adventure, Indie
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPU2.8 GHz Intel Core i3
GPU768 MB VRAM
VRAM0.75 GB
RAM1 GB
Storage0.49 GB HDD

Recommended requirements

CPU2.4+ GHz Intel Core i5 (or equivalent)
GPUGeForce GTX 460, Radeon R7 240, Intel HD Graphics 4000
RAM2 GB

Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source

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Can you run Dark Wish?

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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.

Dark Wish targets a mainstream modern PC: 768 MB VRAM and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to GeForce GTX 460, Radeon R7 240, Intel HD Graphics 4000 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.

Bottleneck: GPU

Projected by resolution

ResolutionProjectionHeadroom
1080pComfortable48.57x
1440pComfortable27.32x
4KComfortable12.14x

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 great
GTX 1060 LaptopRuns great
GTX 1650 4 GBRuns great
GTX 1650 LaptopRuns great
RTX 2060 6 GBRuns great
RTX 2060 LaptopRuns great
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 Dark Wish'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 Dark Wish?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Dark Wish?

The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i3; GPU: 768 MB VRAM; 1 GB RAM.

How much storage does Dark Wish need?

Dark Wish needs about 0.49 GB of HDD storage.

Can an RTX 3060 run Dark Wish?

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

What is the bottleneck for Dark Wish?

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