Can I Run Shovel Knight Dig?
Nitrome released Shovel Knight Dig in 2022. It is an action adventure game, published by Yacht Club Games. It offers a single player campaign. It carries 50 achievements. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. Cloud saves are enabled. Its 817 Steam reviews make it a niche release rather than a widely tested one. It is localised into 14 languages according to the store listing. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 ghz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | 500MB Video Memory |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 ghz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | 1GB Video Memory |
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 2 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a gentle, brightly drawn world, moving through runs that rebuild the layout each attempt. The publisher supplies 12 storefront screenshots of these environments. The view is in two dimensions. Because the game assembles its spaces as it goes, the cost lands on the CPU in bursts rather than steadily on the GPU.
Why Shovel Knight Dig is demanding
A 64 bit version of Windows is required. Shovel Knight Dig takes about 2 GB of disk space. Shovel Knight Dig needs only 1 GB of video memory. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Shovel Knight Dig?
Shovel Knight Dig targets a mainstream modern PC: 500MB Video Memory and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 1GB Video Memory for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Can my PC run Shovel Knight Dig?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Shovel Knight Dig?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1 ghz or equivalent; GPU: 500MB Video Memory; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 64-bit.
How much storage does Shovel Knight Dig need?
Shovel Knight Dig needs about 1 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Shovel Knight Dig?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Shovel Knight Dig is the CPU.