Can I Run Metal Gear Solid 3?
Released in 2023, Metal Gear Solid 3 is an action game built by KONAMI. It offers a single player campaign. The game ships for Windows alone. It carries 51 achievements. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. 6 languages are covered by the store listing. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. With more than 5 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10(64-bit OS required) |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10(64-bit OS required) |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Metal Gear Solid 3 places its action in the Cold War, and the player works through spaces built to be avoided rather than cleared. The publisher supplies 6 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Metal Gear Solid 3 is demanding
The ask Metal Gear Solid 3 makes is moderate. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Metal Gear Solid 3 takes about 15 GB of disk space. Metal Gear Solid 3 needs 64 bit Windows. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Metal Gear Solid 3 scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Metal Gear Solid 3?
Older hardware holds up here: Metal Gear Solid 3 runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 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 | Comfortable | 1.73x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.98x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
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 well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Metal Gear Solid 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
Can my PC run Metal Gear Solid 3?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Metal Gear Solid 3?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10(64-bit OS required).
How much storage does Metal Gear Solid 3 need?
Metal Gear Solid 3 needs about 15 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Metal Gear Solid 3?
The RTX 3060 runs Metal Gear Solid 3 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Metal Gear Solid 3?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Metal Gear Solid 3 is the GPU.