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Can I Run Destroy All Humans! 2?

Released in 2022, Destroy All Humans! 2 is an action adventure game built by Black Forest Games. Publishing duties went to THQ Nordic. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. The game ships for Windows alone. Split screen on one PC is supported, a feature most releases have quietly dropped. With more than 2 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 44 achievements to chase. It is localised into 15 languages according to the store listing. Cloud saves are enabled. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works.

Developer Black Forest GamesPublisher THQ NordicRelease 2022Genre Action, Adventure
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUAMD / Intel CPU running at 3.0 GHz or higher: AMD Kaveri A10-7850K or Intel Pentium DualCore G3220 or newer is recommended / Ryzen 5 2400G (for systems using an integrated GPU)
GPUAMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11.0 and Shader Model 5.1 support
RAM8 GB
Storage50 GB HDD
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
DirectXVersion 11

Recommended requirements

CPUAMD / Intel processor running at 3.4 GHz or higher (AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or Intel Core i7 6700K or newer is recommended)
GPUAMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 12.0 and Shader Model 6.0 support
RAM16 GB
Storage50 GB HDD
OSWindows 10 (64 bit)
DirectXVersion 12

Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source

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Setting and environment

The game is set in a science fiction setting. Play is structured around one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Destroy All Humans! 2 can never assume the player will stop and let it load. It is played from a third person view. There are 22 official screenshots to judge the look from.

Why Destroy All Humans! 2 is demanding

Destroy All Humans! 2 calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Destroy All Humans! 2 takes about 50 GB of disk space. Destroy All Humans! 2 needs 64 bit Windows. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has.

This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.

Can you run Destroy All Humans! 2?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the processor is the tightest fit.

Destroy All Humans! 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11.0 and Shader Model 5.1 support and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 12.0 and Shader Model 6.0 support for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.

Bottleneck: CPU

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Frequently asked questions

Can my PC run Destroy All Humans! 2?

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What are the minimum system requirements for Destroy All Humans! 2?

The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD / Intel CPU running at 3.0 GHz or higher: AMD Kaveri A10-7850K or Intel Pentium DualCore G3220 or newer is recommended / Ryzen 5 2400G (for systems using an integrated GPU); GPU: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 4GB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11.0 and Shader Model 5.1 support; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64 bit).

How much storage does Destroy All Humans! 2 need?

Destroy All Humans! 2 needs about 50 GB of HDD storage.

What is the bottleneck for Destroy All Humans! 2?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Destroy All Humans! 2 is the CPU.