Can I Run Like a Dragon Gaiden?
RGG Studio released Like a Dragon Gaiden in 2023. It is an action adventure game, published by SEGA. It offers a single player campaign. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. 11 languages are covered by the store listing. Cloud saves are enabled. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. It carries 62 achievements. Its Steam review count passes 8 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 4 GB or Intel Arc A380, 6 GB |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 98 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4790, 3.6 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.2 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 5700, 8 GB or Intel Arc A750, 8 GB |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 98 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around one continuous open world. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Like a Dragon Gaiden has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Like a Dragon Gaiden is demanding
Like a Dragon Gaiden sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. DirectX 12 is named, so Like a Dragon Gaiden expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Like a Dragon Gaiden scales hard with the hardware you give it. Like a Dragon Gaiden expects 16 GB of system memory. Disk footprint is light, near 98 GB. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 6 GB, so on Like a Dragon Gaiden 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 Like a Dragon Gaiden?
Older hardware holds up here: Like a Dragon Gaiden runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 4 GB or Intel Arc A380, 6 GB 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
Large install. Like a Dragon Gaiden needs about 98 GB of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
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 Like a Dragon Gaiden'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 Like a Dragon Gaiden?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Like a Dragon Gaiden?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 4 GB or Intel Arc A380, 6 GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362).
How much storage does Like a Dragon Gaiden need?
Like a Dragon Gaiden needs about 98 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Like a Dragon Gaiden?
The RTX 3060 runs Like a Dragon Gaiden comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Like a Dragon Gaiden?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Like a Dragon Gaiden is the GPU.