Can I Run Daymare: 1998?
Released in 2019, Daymare: 1998 is an action adventure game built by Invader Studios. The game supports a single player campaign. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Its Steam review count passes 3 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Metacritic places it at 62. It carries 45 achievements. Steam lists support for 10 languages. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel®Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300 or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2 GB Video RAM |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 23 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel®Core i7-3770 or AMD FX-9590 or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 with 3GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 23 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Daymare: 1998 places its action in an outbreak scenario, and the player works through hostile territory. 21 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played from a third person view.
Why Daymare: 1998 is demanding
Daymare: 1998 is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Daymare: 1998. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Daymare: 1998 at the floor and Daymare: 1998 at the recommended tier are not the same experience. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. Disk footprint is light, near 23 GB. Daymare: 1998 needs only 3 GB of video memory.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Daymare: 1998?
Daymare: 1998 is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2 GB Video RAM, 8 GB RAM, about 23 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 Daymare: 1998'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 Daymare: 1998?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Daymare: 1998?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel®Core i5-4460, 2.70GHz or AMD FX-6300 or better; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R7 260x with 2 GB Video RAM; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Daymare: 1998 need?
Daymare: 1998 needs about 23 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Daymare: 1998?
The RTX 3060 runs Daymare: 1998 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Daymare: 1998?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Daymare: 1998 is the GPU.