🖥️ The Long Dark system requirements
Minimum and recommended PC specs (official, from Steam). Meeting "Minimum" means you can play; for smoother visuals and higher settings, refer to "Recommended".
🖥️ Can your PC run The Long Dark?
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| Requirement equivalent | GPU tier | CPU tier | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | 512 MB 顯示記憶體的顯示卡 (estimated) | Intel Core i5 | 4 GB |
| Recommended | Graphics card with 1 GB VRAM (estimated) | Intel Core i7 | 8 GB |
💻 Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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- Windows 8
- Processor
- Dual-Core Intel i5 CPU @ 2GHz+
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- Intel 4xxx Series w/ 512MB VRAM or better
- Storage
- 7 GB available space
- Sound card
- Any on-board chip will work.
🚀 Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel i7 CPU @ 2.6GHz or higher
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Graphics
- nVidia GTX 555 w/ 1GB VRAM or better
- Storage
- 7 GB available space
- Sound card
- Ideally, something with Surround capabilities.
Source: Steam store page (updated 2026/10/9). Requirements may change after updates; check the store page before buying.
🎮 Can popular graphics cards run The Long Dark?
Intel UHD / HD 630 (integrated)
✅ Playable
Intel Iris Xe (integrated)
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1050 Ti
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1650
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1060 6GB
🚀 Smooth
GTX 1660 Super
🚀 Smooth
RTX 2060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 3050
🚀 Smooth
RTX 3060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4060
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4060 Laptop
🚀 Smooth
RX 580
🚀 Smooth
RX 6600
🚀 Smooth
RTX 4070 Super
🚀 Smooth
RTX 5070
🚀 Smooth
Compares graphics cards only; your CPU and RAM must also meet the requirements. See Can I run it? for how it's calculated.