Can I Run Resident Evil?
CAPCOM Co., Ltd. released Resident Evil in 2023. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. It offers a single player campaign. Over 178 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. It is localised into 14 languages according to the store listing. Completionists have 46 achievements to work through. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Its Metacritic score stands at 91. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 1200 / Intel Core i5-7500 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 560 with 4GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB VRAM |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64 bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 / Intel Core i7 8700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 5700 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 (64 bit)/Windows 11 (64 bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a horror setting. Play is structured around hostile territory. Play is presented from a third person view. There are 17 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why Resident Evil is demanding
The ask Resident Evil makes is moderate. AMD Radeon RX 5700 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 lands near our RTX 3060 reference, so a typical gaming PC is the right yardstick. Its 16 GB RAM requirement matches what a typical machine already has. Its stated video memory figure is modest at 4 GB, so on Resident Evil the speed of the graphics chip binds before its memory does. Resident Evil calls for DirectX 12, which rules out otherwise capable hardware that never got the feature level. Resident Evil names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Resident Evil at the floor and Resident Evil at the recommended tier are not the same experience.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Resident Evil?
Resident Evil is light on hardware. Its minimum, AMD Radeon RX 560 with 4GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB VRAM, 8 GB RAM, 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 | Runs well | 1.31x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.74x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.33x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Resident Evil'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 Resident Evil?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 / Intel Core i5-7500; GPU: AMD Radeon RX 560 with 4GB VRAM / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB VRAM; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64 bit).
Can an RTX 3060 run Resident Evil?
The RTX 3060 runs Resident Evil comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Resident Evil?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Resident Evil is the GPU.