Can I Run Night in the Woods?
Released in 2017, Night in the Woods is an adventure game built by Infinite Fall. Publishing duties went to Finji. The game supports a single player campaign. Cloud saves are enabled. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Critics scored it 88 on Metacritic. With more than 17 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Completionists have 31 achievements to work through. Its 9 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel i5 Quad-Core |
|---|---|
| GPU | Intel HD 4000 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an unsettling psychological setting, moving through spaces built for exploration. Play is presented in two dimensions. That openness is what costs performance. Night in the Woods has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Night in the Woods is demanding
Night in the Woods barely touches the GPU. Its stated Intel HD 4000 target is below anything currently sold. Night in the Woods needs only 4 GB of RAM. Night in the Woods takes about 8 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Night in the Woods?
Night in the Woods is light on hardware. Its minimum, Intel HD 4000, 4 GB RAM, about 8 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 | 48.57x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 27.32x |
| 4K | Comfortable | 12.14x |
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 Night in the Woods'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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Sekiro: Shadows Die TwiceFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run Night in the Woods?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Night in the Woods?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel i5 Quad-Core; GPU: Intel HD 4000; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7.
How much storage does Night in the Woods need?
Night in the Woods needs about 8 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Night in the Woods?
The RTX 3060 runs Night in the Woods comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Night in the Woods?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Night in the Woods is the GPU.