Can I Run Forspoken?
Released in 2023, Forspoken is an action adventure game built by Square Enix. It offers a single player campaign. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Its Steam review count passes 5 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It carries 53 achievements. Steam lists support for 14 languages. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600 (3.7GHz or better) / Intel® Core™ i7-3770 (3.7GHz or better) |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 8GB / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit (After November 2019 Update) or Windows® 11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen™5 3600 (3.7 GHz or better) / Intel® Core™ i7-8700K (3.7GHz or better) |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT 12GB / NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3070 8 GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| RAM | 24 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows® 10 64-bit (After November 2019 Update) or Windows® 11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Forspoken places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through one continuous open world. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Forspoken can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Forspoken is demanding
Forspoken is a heavy title. Its AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT target scores above the RTX 3060 we measure against, so anything meaningfully slower is making compromises rather than running Forspoken properly. The 12 GB of video memory it wants is the figure to watch, because a card can be fast enough and still stall once it runs short of VRAM. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Forspoken expects 24 GB of system memory. Forspoken calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Forspoken at the floor and Forspoken at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Installation is large at roughly 150 GB, and an SSD is specified rather than suggested.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Forspoken?
Free up space before installing Forspoken: it needs roughly 150 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 8GB / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM and 16 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: RAM
Large install. Forspoken needs about 150 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.79x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.44x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.2x |
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 | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Playable |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Playable |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Playable |
Each card is compared against Forspoken'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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What are the minimum system requirements for Forspoken?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600 (3.7GHz or better) / Intel® Core™ i7-3770 (3.7GHz or better); GPU: AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 XT 8GB / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 6 GB VRAM; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (After November 2019 Update) or Windows® 11 64-bit.
How much storage does Forspoken need?
Forspoken needs about 150 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Forspoken?
The RTX 3060 runs Forspoken well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for Forspoken?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Forspoken is the RAM.