Can I Run EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair?
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is an action game from SANDLOT, released in 2016. D3PUBLISHER published it. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. There are 51 achievements to chase. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. Its Steam review count passes 7 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Critics scored it 79 on Metacritic. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3 GHz 2 Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon HD 7870 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 （2GB Model or higher） |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 3.2GHz 4Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon HD 7970 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 （3GB Model or higher） |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a science fiction setting, moving through combat arenas. 15 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair. AMD Radeon HD 7970 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 （ scores low against the RTX 3060, putting EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The install is small at roughly 8 GB. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair?
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair targets a mainstream modern PC: AMD Radeon HD 7870 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 （2GB Model or higher） and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to AMD Radeon HD 7970 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 （3GB Model or higher） 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 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair'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 EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3 GHz 2 Core; GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7870 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 （2GB Model or higher）; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair need?
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair needs about 8 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair?
The RTX 3060 runs EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair is the GPU.