Can I Run DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires?
KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. released DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires in 2021. It is an action simulation game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. It carries 39 achievements. Its Steam review count passes 1 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. 9 languages are covered by the store listing. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 4460 or over |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760（2GB） / AMD Radeon R7 370（4GB）or over |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10, 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7 3770 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or over |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT or over, VRAM 6GB or over |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 50 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows® 10, 64bit |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a historical setting. Play is structured around one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 7 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires is demanding
DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 / AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT or over, VRAM, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires needs 64 bit Windows. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires at the floor and DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires at the recommended tier are not the same experience. DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires takes about 50 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires?
Older hardware holds up here: DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760（2GB） / AMD Radeon R7 370（4GB）or over enough to meet the minimum. Add 6 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.42x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.8x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.35x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| 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 DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires'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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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 4460 or over; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760（2GB） / AMD Radeon R7 370（4GB）or over; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10, 64bit.
How much storage does DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires need?
DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires needs about 50 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires?
The RTX 3060 runs DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires is the GPU.