Can I Run Minecraft Legends?
Mojang Studios released Minecraft Legends in 2023. It is an action strategy game, published by Xbox Game Studios. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Steam lists support for 26 languages. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Its Steam review count passes 2 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It carries 40 achievements.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Core i5 2.8GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon 285 or Intel HD 520 or equivalent DX12 GPU |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 24 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (May 2020 Update or higher) or Windows 11 |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Core i5 3.4GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon 580 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 24 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (May 2020 Update or higher) or Windows 11 |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around tight tactical maps. Play is presented from an isometric view. 7 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Minecraft Legends is demanding
The ask Minecraft Legends makes is moderate. NVIDIA GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon 580 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Minecraft Legends takes about 24 GB of disk space. Minecraft Legends needs only 8 GB of RAM. DirectX 12 is named, so Minecraft Legends expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Windows 11 appears in the requirements, which is worth checking before buying Minecraft Legends. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Minecraft Legends at the floor and Minecraft Legends at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Minecraft Legends?
Minecraft Legends is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon 285 or Intel HD 520 or equivalent DX12 GPU, 8 GB RAM, about 24 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.7x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.96x |
| 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 Minecraft Legends'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 Minecraft Legends?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Core i5 2.8GHz or equivalent; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon 285 or Intel HD 520 or equivalent DX12 GPU; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (May 2020 Update or higher) or Windows 11.
How much storage does Minecraft Legends need?
Minecraft Legends needs about 24 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Minecraft Legends?
The RTX 3060 runs Minecraft Legends comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Minecraft Legends?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Minecraft Legends is the GPU.