Can I Run Heavy Rain?
Heavy Rain is an action adventure game from Quantic Dream, released in 2020. Quantic Dream both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. There are 56 achievements to chase. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. With more than 25 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Critics scored it 75 on Metacritic. It is localised into 17 languages according to the store listing. Cloud saves are enabled. The game ships for Windows alone.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 with 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870 with 2GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 or later (64 bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.5GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @ 3.4GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 with 4GB VRAM or AMD Radeon R9 390 with 4GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 or later (64 bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Heavy Rain is set in an investigation. Play is presented from a third person view. 7 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Heavy Rain is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Heavy Rain. Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Heavy Rain within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The install is small at roughly 35 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. At 4 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Heavy Rain. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Heavy Rain?
Heavy Rain targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 with 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870 with 2GB VRAM and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 with 4GB VRAM or AMD Radeon R9 390 with 4GB VRAM for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.18x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.23x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.54x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Heavy Rain'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 Heavy Rain?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 @ 3.0 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 with 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870 with 2GB VRAM; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 or later (64 bit).
How much storage does Heavy Rain need?
Heavy Rain needs about 35 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Heavy Rain?
The RTX 3060 runs Heavy Rain comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Heavy Rain?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Heavy Rain is the GPU.