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Can I Run The Dark Room?

What is the Dark Room? The Dark Room is:1. Sadism. With jokes.2. An addictive throwback to 1980s text adventure games. 3. A one-of-a-kind retro-styled comedy puzzler that pits your pitiful brain again...

Developer Developers At LargePublisher John RobertsonRelease 2018
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUIntel Core2 Duo E4300 / AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e or equivalent
GPUGeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) / Intel HD 4600 / Radeon HD 3850 (512 MB)
RAM4 GB
Storage1 GB HDD
DirectXVersion 11

Recommended requirements

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Can you run The Dark Room?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), system RAM is the tightest fit.

The Dark Room targets a mainstream modern PC: GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) / Intel HD 4600 / Radeon HD 3850 (512 MB) and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.

Bottleneck: RAM

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Frequently asked questions

Can my PC run The Dark Room?

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What are the minimum system requirements for The Dark Room?

The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E4300 / AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e or equivalent; GPU: GeForce 8800 GTX (768 MB) / Intel HD 4600 / Radeon HD 3850 (512 MB); 4 GB RAM.

How much storage does The Dark Room need?

The Dark Room needs about 1 GB of HDD storage.

What is the bottleneck for The Dark Room?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Dark Room is the RAM.