Can I Run Samurai Shodown?
Samurai Shodown is an action game from SNK CORPORATION, released in 2021. SNK CORPORATION both developed and published it. The game supports a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. Completionists have 45 achievements to work through. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. At 5 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. 11 languages are covered by the store listing. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 35 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
Samurai Shodown places its action in an anime styled world, and the player works through one on one arenas. 8 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Play is presented in three dimensions.
Why Samurai Shodown is demanding
Samurai Shodown is undemanding on the graphics side. Its Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Samurai Shodown. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Samurai Shodown at the floor and Samurai Shodown at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Samurai Shodown expects 16 GB of system memory. The install is small at roughly 35 GB. At 6 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Samurai Shodown.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Samurai Shodown?
Older hardware holds up here: Samurai Shodown runs on modest graphics, with Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.93x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.09x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.48x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| 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 Samurai Shodown'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
Can my PC run Samurai Shodown?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Samurai Shodown?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5; GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7.
How much storage does Samurai Shodown need?
Samurai Shodown needs about 35 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Samurai Shodown?
The RTX 3060 runs Samurai Shodown comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Samurai Shodown?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Samurai Shodown is the GPU.