Can I Run Shadow Warrior?
Shadow Warrior is an action adventure game from Flying Wild Hog, released in 2013. Devolver Digital published it. The game supports a single player campaign. Its Steam review count passes 15 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. There are 92 achievements to chase. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Its Metacritic score stands at 74. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too. Steam lists support for 11 languages.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor or higher |
|---|---|
| GPU | ATI Radeon HD 3870/NVIDIA 8800 GT or better |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Quad 8200 / AMD Phenom X4 9950 |
|---|---|
| GPU | ATI Radeon HD 4890 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 15 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 64-bits |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Shadow Warrior structures its play around combat arenas. Play is presented from a first person view. 5 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion.
Why Shadow Warrior is demanding
The install is small at roughly 15 GB. A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Shadow Warrior needs only 4 GB of RAM.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Shadow Warrior?
Shadow Warrior targets a mainstream modern PC: ATI Radeon HD 3870/NVIDIA 8800 GT or better and 2 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to ATI Radeon HD 4890 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: RAM
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Shadow Warrior?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor or higher; GPU: ATI Radeon HD 3870/NVIDIA 8800 GT or better; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8.
How much storage does Shadow Warrior need?
Shadow Warrior needs about 15 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Shadow Warrior?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Shadow Warrior is the RAM.