Can I Run Gothic?
Gothic is an action role playing game from Alkimia Interactive, released in 2026. Alkimia Interactive both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Completionists have 42 achievements to work through. As a new title, the figures below were written against parts you can still buy. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing. With more than 23 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | 8 GB VRAM, AMD RX 6700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit / Windows 11 64bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | 12 GB VRAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT |
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| RAM | 32 GB |
| Storage | 60 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64bit / Windows 11 64bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Gothic places its action in a bleak fantasy world, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Gothic can never assume the player will stop and let it load. 19 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played from a third person view.
Why Gothic is demanding
Gothic is a heavy title. Its 12 GB VRAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT target scores above the RTX 3060 we measure against, so anything meaningfully slower is making compromises rather than running Gothic properly. System memory is unusually high at 32 GB, so a 16 GB machine needs an upgrade even with a strong graphics card. The install is small at roughly 60 GB, on an SSD. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Gothic scales hard with the hardware you give it. DirectX 12 is named, so Gothic expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Gothic. 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.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Gothic?
Gothic is one of the more demanding games on PC. To reach its recommended tier you'll want a 12 GB VRAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT-class graphics card, with 8 GB VRAM, AMD RX 6700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 the floor just to launch at minimum settings. Plan for a recent high-end GPU rather than a mainstream one.
Bottleneck: RAM
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.72x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.41x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.18x |
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 | Below minimum |
| 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 Gothic'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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Can my PC run Gothic?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Gothic?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X; GPU: 8 GB VRAM, AMD RX 6700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64bit / Windows 11 64bit.
How much storage does Gothic need?
Gothic needs about 60 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Gothic?
The RTX 3060 runs Gothic well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for Gothic?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Gothic is the RAM.