Can I Run Dishonored?
Arkane Studios released Dishonored in 2012. It is an action adventure game, published by Bethesda Softworks. It offers a single player campaign. 5 languages are covered by the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. There are 80 achievements to chase. Cloud saves are enabled. With more than 66 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Metacritic places it at 91. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3.0 GHz dual core or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850) |
| RAM | 3 GB |
| Storage | 9 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista / Windows 7 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 2.4 GHz quad core or better (enhanced for multi-core processors) |
|---|---|
| GPU | DirectX 9 compatible with 768 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850) |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 9 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista / Windows 7 (enhanced for 64-bit OS) |
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Setting and environment
Dishonored places its action in a steampunk world, and the player works through spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. Play is presented from a first person view. 6 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Dishonored is demanding
A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Disk footprint is light, near 9 GB. Dishonored needs only 4 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dishonored?
Dishonored targets a mainstream modern PC: DirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850) and 3 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to DirectX 9 compatible with 768 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850) 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
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dishonored?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3.0 GHz dual core or better; GPU: DirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850); 3 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista / Windows 7.
How much storage does Dishonored need?
Dishonored needs about 9 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Dishonored?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dishonored is the CPU.