Can I Run Gothic 3?
Released in 2009, Gothic 3 is an action role playing game built by Piranha Bytes. Publishing duties went to THQ Nordic. The game supports a single player campaign. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Over 9 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Cloud saves are enabled. Steam lists support for 7 languages. Metacritic places it at 63. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | 3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram and Shader 1.4 |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB |
| OS | Windows XP/2000/Vista/7/8/10/11 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Pentium 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 4000+ |
|---|---|
| GPU | 3D graphics cardwith 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 equivalent or better |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB |
| OS | Windows 7/8/10/11 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one continuous open world. It is played from a third person view. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Gothic 3 has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. 20 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Gothic 3 is demanding
It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. The install is small at roughly 5 GB. System memory expectations are modest at 4 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Gothic 3?
Gothic 3 targets a mainstream modern PC: 3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram and Shader 1.4 and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 3D graphics cardwith 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 equivalent or better for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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What are the minimum system requirements for Gothic 3?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent; GPU: 3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram and Shader 1.4; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP/2000/Vista/7/8/10/11.
How much storage does Gothic 3 need?
Gothic 3 needs about 5 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Gothic 3?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Gothic 3 is the CPU.