Can I Run Dota 2?
Released in 2013, Dota 2 is an action strategy game built by Valve. It offers cooperative play. Its Steam review count passes 14 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. It is localised into 28 languages according to the store listing. Entry is free, which makes the disk requirement the only real barrier. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Metacritic places it at 90.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 or newer |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Dota 2 places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through fixed lanes the player fortifies. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Dota 2 is demanding
Disk footprint is light, near 60 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 4 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dota 2?
Dota 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum. 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 Dota 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 or newer.
How much storage does Dota 2 need?
Dota 2 needs about 60 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Dota 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dota 2 is the CPU.