Can I Run Nioh?
KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. released Nioh in 2026. It is an action role playing game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Completionists have 64 achievements to work through. Steam lists support for 12 languages. Cloud saves are enabled. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. This is current generation software, and the requirements read that way. Critics scored it 85 on Metacritic. With more than 11 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10400, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6 cores / 12 threads or higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 VRAM 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Rev. 2.0) VRAM 6GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 125 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows® 11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-10600K, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6 cores / 12 threads or higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VRAM 8GB, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT VRAM 12GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 125 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows® 11 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
Verified from Steam · 19 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a bleak fantasy world. Play is structured around interlocking areas that reward learning the route. It is played from a third person view. The publisher supplies 13 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Nioh is demanding
Nioh is a heavy title. Its NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VRAM target scores above the RTX 3060 we measure against, so anything meaningfully slower is making compromises rather than running Nioh properly. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Nioh scales hard with the hardware you give it. Installation is large at roughly 125 GB, and an SSD is specified rather than suggested. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Nioh calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Nioh?
Free up space before installing Nioh: it needs roughly 125 GB of SSD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 VRAM 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Rev. 2.0) VRAM 6GB and 16 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Nioh needs about 125 GB of SSD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.83x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.47x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.21x |
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 | Below minimum |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Playable |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Nioh'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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What are the minimum system requirements for Nioh?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-10400, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6 cores / 12 threads or higher; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 VRAM 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Rev. 2.0) VRAM 6GB; 16 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 11.
How much storage does Nioh need?
Nioh needs about 125 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Nioh?
The RTX 3060 runs Nioh well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for Nioh?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Nioh is the GPU.