Can I Run Grim Dawn?
Grim Dawn is an action adventure game from Crate Entertainment, released in 2016. Crate Entertainment both developed and published it. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. With more than 90 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 234 achievements to chase. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Critics scored it 83 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | x86 compatible 2.3GHz or faster processor (Intel 2nd generation core i-series or equivalent) |
|---|---|
| GPU | 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or ATI Radeon X800 series or better |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB |
| OS | Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | x86 compatible 3.2GHz or faster processor (Intel 4th generation core i-series or better) |
|---|---|
| GPU | 1.5GB NVIDIA GeForce 500 series or ATI Radeon 6000 series or better |
| VRAM | 5 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 5 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 / Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a bleak fantasy world, moving through dungeon floors. Play is presented from an isometric view. 20 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Grim Dawn is demanding
System memory expectations are modest at 6 GB. The install is small at roughly 5 GB. At 5 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Grim Dawn.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Grim Dawn?
Grim Dawn targets a mainstream modern PC: 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or ATI Radeon X800 series or better and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 1.5GB NVIDIA GeForce 500 series or ATI Radeon 6000 series 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 Grim Dawn?
The minimum requirements are CPU: x86 compatible 2.3GHz or faster processor (Intel 2nd generation core i-series or equivalent); GPU: 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 6800 series or ATI Radeon X800 series or better; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10.
How much storage does Grim Dawn need?
Grim Dawn needs about 5 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Grim Dawn?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Grim Dawn is the CPU.