Can I Run Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition?
Ninja Theory released Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition in 2018. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. Over 1 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. At 8 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. It is localised into 20 languages according to the store listing. Critics scored it 87 on Metacritic. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It carries 14 achievements.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 3570K / AMD FX-8350 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1080 / AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
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Setting and environment
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition is set in an unsettling psychological setting. There are 9 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition. NVIDIA GTX 1080 / AMD Radeon RX 580 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. The install is small at roughly 30 GB. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition needs only 8 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition?
Older hardware holds up here: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GTX 1080 / AMD Radeon RX 580 enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
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 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition'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 Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5 3570K / AMD FX-8350; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1080 / AMD Radeon RX 580; 8 GB RAM.
How much storage does Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition need?
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition needs about 30 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition?
The RTX 3060 runs Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition is the GPU.