Can I Run Just Cause 3?
Avalanche Studios released Just Cause 3 in 2015. It is an action adventure game, published by Square Enix. It offers a single player campaign. Metacritic places it at 74. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Cloud saves are enabled. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. It carries 66 achievements. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Over 103 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It is localised into 10 languages according to the store listing.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2500k, 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 54 GB |
| OS | Vista SP2 / Windows 7.1 SP1 / Windows 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3GB) / AMD R9 290 (4GB) |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 54 GB |
| OS | Vista SP2 / Windows 7.1 SP1 / Windows 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required) |
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Setting and environment
Just Cause 3 places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through one continuous open world. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a third person view. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Just Cause 3 can never assume the player will stop and let it load.
Why Just Cause 3 is demanding
The graphics requirement for Just Cause 3 is light. Hardware around NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 ( is enough, so Just Cause 3 runs on machines never bought for gaming. Just Cause 3 needs only 8 GB of RAM. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Disk footprint is light, near 54 GB. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 3 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Just Cause 3?
Just Cause 3 targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3GB) / AMD R9 290 (4GB) 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 | 2.7x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.52x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.67x |
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 Just Cause 3'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 Just Cause 3?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k, 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3GHz; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB); 8 GB RAM; OS: Vista SP2 / Windows 7.1 SP1 / Windows 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required).
How much storage does Just Cause 3 need?
Just Cause 3 needs about 54 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Just Cause 3?
The RTX 3060 runs Just Cause 3 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Just Cause 3?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Just Cause 3 is the GPU.