Can I Run Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen?
Released in 2016, Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is an action adventure game built by Capcom. It offers a single player campaign. Metacritic places it at 81. Steam lists support for 7 languages. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. There are 59 achievements to chase. With more than 37 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 660 CPU or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows Vista or newer (32 or 64 bit) |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4770K or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows 7/8/10 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. 17 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen can never assume the player will stop and let it load. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is demanding
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. Disk footprint is light, near 20 GB. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen?
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen targets a mainstream modern PC: Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or equivalent for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 3.95x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.22x |
| 4K | Borderline | 0.99x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen'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 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 660 CPU or equivalent; GPU: Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows Vista or newer (32 or 64 bit).
How much storage does Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen need?
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen needs about 20 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen?
The RTX 3060 runs Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen is the GPU.