Can I Run Just Cause 4?
Released in 2018, Just Cause 4 is an action adventure game built by Avalanche Studios. Publishing duties went to Square Enix. It offers a single player campaign. 13 languages are covered by the store listing. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. The game ships for Windows alone. Its 8 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Critics scored it 68 on Metacritic. With more than 23 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. There are 61 achievements to chase. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz | AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (2GB VRAM or better) | AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM or better) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 59 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update for Windows 7 (64-bit versions only) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (6GB VRAM or better) | AMD Vega 56 (6GB VRAM or better) |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 59 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions only) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Just Cause 4 places its action in an open sandbox, and the player works through one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Just Cause 4 can never assume the player will stop and let it load. There are 6 official screenshots to judge the look from. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Just Cause 4 is demanding
Just Cause 4 sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Just Cause 4 expects 16 GB of system memory. Just Cause 4 takes about 59 GB of disk space. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Just Cause 4 scales hard with the hardware you give it. Just Cause 4 needs 64 bit Windows. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 6 GB, so on Just Cause 4 the speed of the graphics chip binds before its memory does.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Just Cause 4?
Older hardware holds up here: Just Cause 4 runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (2GB VRAM or better) | AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM or better) 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 | Runs well | 1.31x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.74x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 4'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 Just Cause 4?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Just Cause 4?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz | AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or better; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (2GB VRAM or better) | AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM or better); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update for Windows 7 (64-bit versions only).
How much storage does Just Cause 4 need?
Just Cause 4 needs about 59 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Just Cause 4?
The RTX 3060 runs Just Cause 4 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Just Cause 4?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Just Cause 4 is the GPU.