Can I Run Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut?
Sucker Punch Productions released Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut in 2024. It is an action adventure game, published by PlayStation Publishing LLC. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. With more than 63 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 77 achievements to chase. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. It is localised into 26 languages according to the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-7100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Verified from Steam · 9 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. Play is presented from a third person view. That openness is what costs performance. Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 9 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut is demanding
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut at the floor and Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Disk footprint is light, near 75 GB on an SSD.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut?
Older hardware holds up here: Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut needs about 75 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.26x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.71x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.31x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut'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 Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-7100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut need?
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut needs about 75 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut?
The RTX 3060 runs Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut is the GPU.