Can I Run Risen 2?
Piranha Bytes released Risen 2 in 2012. It is a role playing game, published by THQ Nordic. It offers a single player campaign. Completionists have 49 achievements to work through. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Over 3 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Steam lists support for 8 languages. Metacritic places it at 69. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Dual Core with 2.1 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | 512 MB Radeon 3870 / GeForce 8800 GTX |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 6 GB |
| OS | Windows XP (with Servicepack 2) |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Dual Core with 3 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | 1024 MB Radeon 4890 / GeForce GTX 260 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows XP (with Servicepack 3), Windows Vista (with Servicepack 1), Windows 7 |
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Setting and environment
Risen 2 places its action in a fantasy world, and the player works through one continuous open world. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and Risen 2 can never assume the player will stop and let it load. There are 13 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a third person view.
Why Risen 2 is demanding
The DirectX requirement is undemanding, at version 9. System memory expectations are modest at 4 GB. The install is small at roughly 6 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Risen 2?
Risen 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: 512 MB Radeon 3870 / GeForce 8800 GTX and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 1024 MB Radeon 4890 / GeForce GTX 260 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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What are the minimum system requirements for Risen 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Dual Core with 2.1 GHz; GPU: 512 MB Radeon 3870 / GeForce 8800 GTX; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP (with Servicepack 2).
How much storage does Risen 2 need?
Risen 2 needs about 6 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Risen 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Risen 2 is the CPU.