Can I Run Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition?
Released in 2020, Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition is an action adventure game built by Guerrilla. Publishing duties went to PlayStation Publishing LLC. It offers a single player campaign. Cloud saves are enabled. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Steam lists support for 20 languages. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Its Steam review count passes 95 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It carries 79 achievements. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core [email protected] or AMD FX [email protected] |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB) |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bits |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core [email protected] or Ryzen 5 [email protected] |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8GB) |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 100 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bits |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a world after its collapse. Play is structured around one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition can never assume the player will stop and let it load. Play is presented from a third person view. The publisher supplies 5 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition is demanding
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition is undemanding on the graphics side. Its Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition at the floor and Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition wants about 100 GB of disk space, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive. At 6 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition. DirectX 12 is named, so Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition?
Free up space before installing Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition: it needs roughly 100 GB. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB) and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition needs about 100 GB of free storage.
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| 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 Horizon Zero Dawn Complete 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 Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core [email protected] or AMD FX [email protected]; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bits.
How much storage does Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition need?
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition needs about 100 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition?
The RTX 3060 runs Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition is the GPU.