Can I Run Darkest Dungeon?
Darkest Dungeon is an indie role playing game from Red Hook Studios, released in 2016. Red Hook Studios both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Its Metacritic score stands at 84. Builds exist for macOS and Linux as well as Windows. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. There are 120 achievements to chase. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. With more than 139 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| GPU | Open GL 3.2+ Compliant |
|---|---|
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Windows XP |
Recommended requirements
| GPU | Open GL 3.2+ Compliant |
|---|---|
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Windows 7+ |
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Setting and environment
Darkest Dungeon places its action in a bleak fantasy world, and the player works through dungeon floors. It is played in two dimensions. The publisher supplies 23 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Darkest Dungeon is demanding
Darkest Dungeon needs only 4 GB of RAM. Disk footprint is light, near 2 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Darkest Dungeon?
Darkest Dungeon targets a mainstream modern PC: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Open GL 3.2+ Compliant for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: RAM
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Darkest Dungeon?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Darkest Dungeon?
The minimum requirements are GPU: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP.
How much storage does Darkest Dungeon need?
Darkest Dungeon needs about 2 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Darkest Dungeon?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Darkest Dungeon is the RAM.