Can I Run Outward Definitive Edition?
Released in 2022, Outward Definitive Edition is a role playing game built by Nine Dots Studio. Publishing duties went to Prime Matter. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. The game ships for Windows alone. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. With more than 24 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. There are 72 achievements to chase. Two players can share one screen on a single machine, which is rare enough now to be worth noting.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-750 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 660 or equivalent |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 51 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 (64 Bit) / 8 (64 Bit) / 10 (64 Bit) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2400 or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 960 or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 51 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 (64 Bit) / 8 (64 Bit) / 10 (64 Bit) |
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Setting and environment
Outward Definitive Edition places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through one continuous open world. Play is presented from a third person view. That openness is what costs performance. Outward Definitive Edition has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 12 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Outward Definitive Edition is demanding
The graphics requirement for Outward Definitive Edition is light. Hardware around Nvidia GTX 960 is enough, so Outward Definitive Edition runs on machines never bought for gaming. At 8 GB, system memory is undemanding. Outward Definitive Edition takes about 51 GB of disk space. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Outward Definitive Edition?
Outward Definitive Edition targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GTX 660 or equivalent and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GTX 960 or equivalent 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 | 2.83x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.59x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.71x |
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 Outward Definitive Edition'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 Outward Definitive Edition?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-750 or equivalent; GPU: Nvidia GTX 660 or equivalent; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 (64 Bit) / 8 (64 Bit) / 10 (64 Bit).
How much storage does Outward Definitive Edition need?
Outward Definitive Edition needs about 51 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Outward Definitive Edition?
The RTX 3060 runs Outward Definitive Edition comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Outward Definitive Edition?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Outward Definitive Edition is the GPU.