Can I Run Dragon's Dogma 2?
Released in 2024, Dragon's Dogma 2 is an action role playing game built by CAPCOM Co., Ltd.. The game supports a single player campaign. Critics scored it 88 on Metacritic. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. With more than 75 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. Steam lists support for 14 languages. There are 54 achievements to chase.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 10600 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT with 8GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64 bit)/Windows 11 (64 bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-10700 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64 bit)/Windows 11 (64 bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. The view is from a third person view. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Dragon's Dogma 2 can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Dragon's Dogma 2 is demanding
Demand in Dragon's Dogma 2 is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. The 8 GB VRAM figure quietly excludes a lot of 6 GB hardware that would otherwise cope. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Dragon's Dogma 2 scales hard with the hardware you give it. DirectX 12 is named, so Dragon's Dogma 2 expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Dragon's Dogma 2 names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first. 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 Dragon's Dogma 2?
Dragon's Dogma 2 is memory-hungry: it wants 16 GB of system RAM, above the 8 GB many machines still ship with. Graphically it is undemanding, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT with 8GB VRAM 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 | Borderline | 0.9x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.51x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.23x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Dragon's Dogma 2'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 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Dragon's Dogma 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 10600 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT with 8GB VRAM; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)/Windows 11 (64 bit).
Can an RTX 3060 run Dragon's Dogma 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Dragon's Dogma 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Dragon's Dogma 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Dragon's Dogma 2 is the GPU.