Can I Run Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered?
Guerrilla Games released Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered in 2024. It is an action adventure game, published by PlayStation Publishing LLC. The game supports a single player campaign. The game ships for Windows alone. With more than 6 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 79 achievements to chase. Steam lists support for 20 languages. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 135 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit (version 1909 or higher) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 135 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit (version 1909 or higher) |
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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. The publisher supplies 7 storefront screenshots of these environments. The view is from a third person view. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs.
Why Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is demanding
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 4 GB, so on Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered the speed of the graphics chip binds before its memory does. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered at the floor and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered needs 64 bit Windows. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered wants about 135 GB of disk space on an SSD, which is a real consideration on a smaller drive. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered expects 16 GB of system memory.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered?
Free up space before installing Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered: it needs roughly 135 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB and 16 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered needs about 135 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1.1x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.62x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.27x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Remastered'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 Remastered?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 4GB; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit (version 1909 or higher).
How much storage does Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered need?
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered needs about 135 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered?
The RTX 3060 runs Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is the GPU.