Can I Run Wolfenstein: Youngblood?
Released in 2019, Wolfenstein: Youngblood is an action game built by MachineGames. Publishing duties went to Bethesda Softworks. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. 12 languages are covered by the store listing. Completionists have 60 achievements to work through. At 7 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. With more than 12 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Critics scored it 69 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-8350/Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-3570/i7-3770 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 770 4GB (Current available GPU GTX1650) or AMD equivalent |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Win7, 8.1, or 10 (64-Bit versions) |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | AMD FX-9370/Ryzen 5 1600X or Intel Core i7-4770 |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB (Current available GPU RTX2060) or AMD equivalent |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Win7, 8.1, or 10 64-Bit |
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Setting and environment
Wolfenstein: Youngblood places its action in a science fiction setting, and the player works through combat arenas. It is played from a first person view. The publisher supplies 9 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Wolfenstein: Youngblood is demanding
Demand in Wolfenstein: Youngblood is ordinary. The publisher has Nvidia GTX 1060 in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Wolfenstein: Youngblood scales hard with the hardware you give it. Wolfenstein: Youngblood needs 64 bit Windows. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Wolfenstein: Youngblood names just 6 GB of video memory, so the bottleneck sits in raw GPU throughput rather than VRAM. The install is small at roughly 40 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Wolfenstein: Youngblood?
Older hardware holds up here: Wolfenstein: Youngblood runs on modest graphics, with Nvidia GTX 770 4GB (Current available GPU GTX1650) or AMD equivalent enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
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 well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| 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 Wolfenstein: Youngblood'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 Wolfenstein: Youngblood?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Wolfenstein: Youngblood?
The minimum requirements are CPU: AMD FX-8350/Ryzen 5 1400 or Intel Core i5-3570/i7-3770; GPU: Nvidia GTX 770 4GB (Current available GPU GTX1650) or AMD equivalent; 8 GB RAM; OS: Win7, 8.1, or 10 (64-Bit versions).
How much storage does Wolfenstein: Youngblood need?
Wolfenstein: Youngblood needs about 40 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Wolfenstein: Youngblood?
The RTX 3060 runs Wolfenstein: Youngblood comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Wolfenstein: Youngblood?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Wolfenstein: Youngblood is the GPU.