Can I Run Monster Hunter Stories 2?
Released in 2021, Monster Hunter Stories 2 is an adventure role playing game built by CAPCOM Co., Ltd.. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. There are 48 achievements to chase. Steam lists support for 14 languages. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Critics scored it 82 on Metacritic. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Its Steam review count passes 11 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Cloud saves are enabled. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-3470 3.20 GHz or AMD FX-6300™ or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA®GeForce® GTX 960 / 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon RX 560 / 2GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 28 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-BIT Required)/Windows® 11 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-4460 3.20 GHz or AMD FX-8300™ or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA®GeForce® GTX 960 / 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon RX 560 / 2GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 28 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-BIT Required)/Windows® 11 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Monster Hunter Stories 2 places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through spaces built for exploration. There are 6 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played in three dimensions. That openness is what costs performance. Monster Hunter Stories 2 has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.
Why Monster Hunter Stories 2 is demanding
Monster Hunter Stories 2 is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIAGeForce GTX 960 / target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Monster Hunter Stories 2. Monster Hunter Stories 2 needs only 8 GB of RAM. The install is small at roughly 28 GB. At 2 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Monster Hunter Stories 2. Monster Hunter Stories 2 needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Monster Hunter Stories 2?
Older hardware holds up here: Monster Hunter Stories 2 runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA®GeForce® GTX 960 / 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon RX 560 / 2GB VRAM enough to meet the minimum. Add 4 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 | 3.7x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 2.08x |
| 4K | Borderline | 0.92x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Monster Hunter Stories 2'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 Monster Hunter Stories 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Monster Hunter Stories 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 3.20 GHz or AMD FX-6300™ or better; GPU: NVIDIA®GeForce® GTX 960 / 2GB VRAM or AMD Radeon RX 560 / 2GB VRAM; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 (64-BIT Required)/Windows® 11.
How much storage does Monster Hunter Stories 2 need?
Monster Hunter Stories 2 needs about 28 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Monster Hunter Stories 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Monster Hunter Stories 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Monster Hunter Stories 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Monster Hunter Stories 2 is the GPU.