Can I Run Death Race?
Death Race is an action casual game from Cignus Games Ltd., released in 2026. Cignus Games Ltd. both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Core i5-3450 @3.1GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1050 or Equivalent |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i7-6700k @4ghz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1070 or Better |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a science fiction setting, moving through circuits and tracks. It is played in three dimensions. The publisher supplies 7 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Death Race is demanding
Demand in Death Race is ordinary. The publisher has Nvidia GTX 1070 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Death Race at the floor and Death Race at the recommended tier are not the same experience. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Disk footprint is light, near 30 GB. Death Race calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Death Race?
Death Race is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, Nvidia GTX 1050 or Equivalent clears the minimum, so more RAM, not a new GPU, is the upgrade most players need.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.31x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.74x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Death Race'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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The Last of Us Part IFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run Death Race?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Death Race?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Core i5-3450 @3.1GHz or better; GPU: Nvidia GTX 1050 or Equivalent; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Death Race need?
Death Race needs about 30 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Death Race?
The RTX 3060 runs Death Race comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Death Race?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Death Race is the GPU.