Can I Run Gates of Hell?
Released in 2021, Gates of Hell is an action simulation game built by Barbedwire Studios. Publishing duties went to Digitalmindsoft. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. At 5 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. There are 414 achievements to chase. Because it hooks into the Steam Workshop, what a player installs on top can matter more for performance than the official figures. Over 31 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. 10 languages are covered by the store listing. 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.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| GPU | GTX 1070 / RX 5600 |
|---|---|
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB SSD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
|---|---|
| GPU | RTX 2070 / RX 6600 |
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB SSD |
| OS | 64bit - Windows 10 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in the Second World War, moving through combat arenas. The view is from a third person view. There are 26 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Gates of Hell is demanding
The ask Gates of Hell makes is moderate. RTX 2070 / RX 6600 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Gates of Hell scales hard with the hardware you give it. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. At 32 GB, the RAM requirement is the one most likely to catch an otherwise capable PC out. Gates of Hell calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. The install is small at roughly 80 GB, on an SSD.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Gates of Hell?
Gates of Hell leans on the processor more than the graphics card. A strong multi-core CPU paired with a mid-range card is the right shape here, the minimum GPU is a GTX 1070 / RX 5600, not a top-end GPU.
Bottleneck: RAM
Large install. Gates of Hell needs about 80 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1.1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.62x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.27x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Gates of Hell'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
Can my PC run Gates of Hell?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Gates of Hell?
The minimum requirements are GPU: GTX 1070 / RX 5600; 16 GB RAM.
How much storage does Gates of Hell need?
Gates of Hell needs about 80 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Gates of Hell?
The RTX 3060 runs Gates of Hell comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Gates of Hell?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Gates of Hell is the RAM.