Can I Run Shadow Gambit?
Shadow Gambit is a role playing strategy game from Mimimi Games, released in 2023. Hooded Horse published it. It offers a single player campaign. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Steam lists support for 13 languages. Its Steam review count passes 5 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Critics scored it 85 on Metacritic. Completionists have 26 achievements to work through. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Cloud saves are enabled.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-7400 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 1200 (quad-core) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2 GB) |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 28 GB |
| OS | Windows® 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel® Core™ i5-8400 (hexa-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 5 1600 (hexa-core) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 (4 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 6500 XT (4 GB) |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 28 GB |
| OS | Windows® 11 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 12 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around a board the player reads before committing. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Shadow Gambit is demanding
Shadow Gambit is undemanding on the graphics side. Its NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 ( target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Shadow Gambit. Shadow Gambit expects 16 GB of system memory. Shadow Gambit needs 64 bit Windows. DirectX 12 is named, so Shadow Gambit expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Shadow Gambit scales hard with the hardware you give it. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 4 GB. Shadow Gambit takes about 28 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Shadow Gambit?
Older hardware holds up here: Shadow Gambit runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2 GB) 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 | 2x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.13x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.5x |
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 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 Shadow Gambit'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 Shadow Gambit?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Shadow Gambit?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-7400 (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 1200 (quad-core); GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 Ti (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870 (2 GB); 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit).
How much storage does Shadow Gambit need?
Shadow Gambit needs about 28 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Shadow Gambit?
The RTX 3060 runs Shadow Gambit comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Shadow Gambit?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Shadow Gambit is the GPU.