Can I Run Graveyard Shift?
Darkphobia Games released Graveyard Shift in 2023. It is an adventure indie game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. Its 715 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one. It carries 5 achievements. The game ships for Windows alone.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD™ Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 280 |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i7-3770 or AMD FX™-9590 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon™ RX 580 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
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Setting and environment
Graveyard Shift places its action in a horror setting, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Graveyard Shift has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. It is played in three dimensions.
Why Graveyard Shift is demanding
Graveyard Shift is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 580 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Graveyard Shift. Graveyard Shift expects 16 GB of system memory. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Graveyard Shift scales hard with the hardware you give it. DirectX 12 is named, so Graveyard Shift expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Graveyard Shift takes about 8 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Graveyard Shift?
Graveyard Shift is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 280, 6 GB RAM, about 8 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.89x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.47x |
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 great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Graveyard Shift'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 Graveyard Shift?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD™ Ryzen 5 3600; GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 280; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10/11.
How much storage does Graveyard Shift need?
Graveyard Shift needs about 8 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Graveyard Shift?
The RTX 3060 runs Graveyard Shift comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Graveyard Shift?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Graveyard Shift is the GPU.