Can I Run Metro Exodus?
Released in 2020, Metro Exodus is an action game built by 4A Games. Publishing duties went to Deep Silver. The game supports a single player campaign. It is localised into 15 languages according to the store listing. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. Metacritic places it at 85. At 6 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Cloud saves are enabled. Completionists have 68 achievements to work through. Its Steam review count passes 115 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4440 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 59 GB |
| OS | Windows 7/8/10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4770k or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1070 / GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD RX VEGA 56 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 59 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
Metro Exodus places its action in a world after its collapse, and the player works through one continuous open world. Open environments are the harder case for a PC, and Metro Exodus has to keep far more of its world resident and streaming than a level based game needs. 13 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. It is played from a first person view.
Why Metro Exodus is demanding
Metro Exodus sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting GeForce GTX 1070 / GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD RX VEGA 56, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Metro Exodus calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Metro Exodus at the floor and Metro Exodus at the recommended tier are not the same experience. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Metro Exodus takes about 59 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Metro Exodus?
Older hardware holds up here: Metro Exodus runs on modest graphics, with GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870 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 | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
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 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 Metro Exodus'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 Metro Exodus?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 or equivalent; GPU: GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7/8/10.
How much storage does Metro Exodus need?
Metro Exodus needs about 59 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Metro Exodus?
The RTX 3060 runs Metro Exodus comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Metro Exodus?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Metro Exodus is the GPU.