Can I Run Orcs Must Die 3?
Released in 2021, Orcs Must Die 3 is an action adventure game built by Robot Entertainment. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. It is localised into 19 languages according to the store listing. Over 10 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. At 5 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. The game ships for Windows alone. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Completionists have 38 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-9600K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, 3 GB | AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 12 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Orcs Must Die 3 places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through fixed lanes the player fortifies. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a third person view.
Why Orcs Must Die 3 is demanding
The ask Orcs Must Die 3 makes is moderate. Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Orcs Must Die 3 takes about 12 GB of disk space. Orcs Must Die 3 names just 3 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Orcs Must Die 3?
Orcs Must Die 3 targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, 3 GB | AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears 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 Orcs Must Die 3'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 Orcs Must Die 3?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2300 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7.
How much storage does Orcs Must Die 3 need?
Orcs Must Die 3 needs about 12 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Orcs Must Die 3?
The RTX 3060 runs Orcs Must Die 3 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Orcs Must Die 3?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Orcs Must Die 3 is the GPU.