Can I Run Soulcalibur VI?
BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. released Soulcalibur VI in 2018. It is an action game, published by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. It keeps shared screen play alive, so a second player needs only a second controller. Cloud saves are enabled. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. It is localised into 11 languages according to the store listing. The game ships for Windows alone. It carries 49 achievements. Its Metacritic score stands at 80. Its Steam review count passes 9 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. At 8 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows 7, 8.1, 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4690 3.5 GHz or equivalent |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce GTX 1060 or equivalent |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB |
| OS | Windows 7, 8.1, 10 (64-bit) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a fantasy world. Play is structured around one on one arenas. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Soulcalibur VI is demanding
Demand in Soulcalibur VI is ordinary. The publisher has GeForce GTX 1060 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Soulcalibur VI at the floor and Soulcalibur VI at the recommended tier are not the same experience. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Soulcalibur VI needs 64 bit Windows. Disk footprint is light, near 20 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Soulcalibur VI?
Soulcalibur VI is light on hardware. Its minimum, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, 6 GB RAM, about 20 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.7x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.96x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
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 well |
| 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 Soulcalibur VI'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 Soulcalibur VI?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Soulcalibur VI?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz or equivalent; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050; 6 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7, 8.1, 10 (64-bit).
How much storage does Soulcalibur VI need?
Soulcalibur VI needs about 20 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Soulcalibur VI?
The RTX 3060 runs Soulcalibur VI comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Soulcalibur VI?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Soulcalibur VI is the GPU.