Can I Run Shadow Warrior 2?
Released in 2016, Shadow Warrior 2 is an action adventure game built by Flying Wild Hog. Publishing duties went to Devolver Digital. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk. Its Steam review count passes 24 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. Critics scored it 78 on Metacritic. Completionists have 64 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-6300 (2 * 3800) or AMD A10-5800K APU (4 * 3800) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GT 560Ti (1024 MB) or Radeon HD 6850 (1024 MB) or better |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 14 GB |
| OS | Windows 7/8/8.1/10 x64 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-5675C (4 * 3100) or AMD A10-7850K APU (4 * 3700) or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 290 with 4 GB of Video Memory (4096 MB) or Radeon HD 7970 (3072 MB) |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 14 GB |
| OS | Windows 7/8/8.1/10 x64 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around combat arenas. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from. Play is presented from a first person view.
Why Shadow Warrior 2 is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by Shadow Warrior 2. GeForce GTX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 290 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting Shadow Warrior 2 within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. Video memory is not the constraint here, at 4 GB. The install is small at roughly 14 GB. Shadow Warrior 2 needs only 8 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 2?
Shadow Warrior 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: GeForce GT 560Ti (1024 MB) or Radeon HD 6850 (1024 MB) or better and 8 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to GeForce GTX NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 290 with 4 GB of Video Memory (4096 MB) or Radeon HD 7970 (3072 MB) for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 2.58x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.45x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.64x |
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 great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| 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 Warrior 2'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 Shadow Warrior 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-6300 (2 * 3800) or AMD A10-5800K APU (4 * 3800) or equivalent; GPU: GeForce GT 560Ti (1024 MB) or Radeon HD 6850 (1024 MB) or better; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 x64.
How much storage does Shadow Warrior 2 need?
Shadow Warrior 2 needs about 14 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Shadow Warrior 2?
The RTX 3060 runs Shadow Warrior 2 comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Shadow Warrior 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Shadow Warrior 2 is the GPU.