Can I Run Hunt: Showdown 1896?
Crytek released Hunt: Showdown 1896 in 2019. It is an action game, self published by the studio. The game supports cooperative play. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. It carries 36 achievements. Metacritic places it at 81. Over 211 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. 14 languages are covered by the store listing. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel CPU 7th Gen 7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, with a minimum of 4GB of VRAM |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 64 bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel CPU 8th Gen 8700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | RTX 2060 Super / AMD 6600 XT, with a minimum of 8GB of VRAM |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 11 64 bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Hunt: Showdown 1896 places its action in the old west, and the player works through tight tactical maps. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Hunt: Showdown 1896 is demanding
Demand in Hunt: Showdown 1896 is ordinary. The publisher has RTX 2060 Super / AMD 6600 XT, with a minimum of in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Hunt: Showdown 1896 names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first. Hunt: Showdown 1896 asks for 8 GB of video memory, so VRAM capacity matters here as much as speed. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Hunt: Showdown 1896 scales hard with the hardware you give it. DirectX 12 is named, so Hunt: Showdown 1896 expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. At 12 GB, system memory is undemanding. The install is small at roughly 75 GB, on an SSD.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Hunt: Showdown 1896?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 scales across a wide range of hardware. NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, with a minimum of 4GB of VRAM is enough to get in at minimum settings, while RTX 2060 Super / AMD 6600 XT, with a minimum of 8GB of VRAM and 8 GB of RAM is what it recommends for a smoother experience. Where you land mostly comes down to the settings you're willing to trade.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Hunt: Showdown 1896 needs about 75 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Borderline | 1.06x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.6x |
| 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 well |
| 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 well |
| 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 Hunt: Showdown 1896'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
Can my PC run Hunt: Showdown 1896?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Hunt: Showdown 1896?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel CPU 7th Gen 7700 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1650 Super or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT, with a minimum of 4GB of VRAM; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64 bit.
How much storage does Hunt: Showdown 1896 need?
Hunt: Showdown 1896 needs about 75 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Hunt: Showdown 1896?
The RTX 3060 runs Hunt: Showdown 1896 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Hunt: Showdown 1896?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the GPU.