Can I Run Watch Dogs?
Released in 2016, Watch Dogs is an action adventure game built by Ubisoft. It offers a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its Steam review count passes 91 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. The game ships for Windows alone. Completionists have 55 achievements to work through. Steam lists support for 16 languages. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz, AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz or better |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870, with 2 GB VRAM or better - See supported List* |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 27 GB |
| OS | Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz, AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 290, with 3GB VRAM or better - See supported List* |
| VRAM | 3 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 27 GB |
| OS | Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in an open sandbox. Play is structured around one continuous open world. That openness is what costs performance. Watch Dogs has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 5 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented from a third person view.
Why Watch Dogs is demanding
The graphics requirement for Watch Dogs is light. Hardware around NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 290 is enough, so Watch Dogs runs on machines never bought for gaming. Disk footprint is light, near 27 GB. Watch Dogs needs only 3 GB of video memory. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Watch Dogs names Windows 11, so a Windows 10 machine may need attention first.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Watch Dogs?
Watch Dogs targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870, with 2 GB VRAM or better - See supported List* and 6 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD Radeon R9 290, with 3GB VRAM or better - See supported List* 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 | 2.7x |
| 1440p | Runs well | 1.52x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.67x |
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 Watch Dogs'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 Watch Dogs?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Watch Dogs?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5 2400s @ 2.5 GHz, AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz or better; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 with 2 GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 7870, with 2 GB VRAM or better - See supported List*; 6 GB RAM; OS: Originally released for Windows 7, the game can be played on Windows 10 and Windows 11 OS.
How much storage does Watch Dogs need?
Watch Dogs needs about 27 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Watch Dogs?
The RTX 3060 runs Watch Dogs comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Watch Dogs?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Watch Dogs is the GPU.