Death Stranding PC requirements revealed

Death Stranding, Kojima Productions’ first offering after Hideo Kojima left Konami, is a game that left a lot of critics divided. The game saw reviews on both the extremes, some calling it a masterpiece and some calling it nothing more than a “walking simulator”. While originally a PS4 exclusive, Kojima announced that it would be coming to PC as well and has been listed on Steam for quite a while now. Now months after the announcement, Death Stranding PC requirements have been revealed. 

Minimum 

• OS: Windows 10 
• CPU: Intel® Core i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 
• RAM: 8 GB 
• GPU: GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB or AMD Radeon RX 560 4 GB 
• DirectX 12 
• HDD: 80GB 
• Sound cards: DirectX compatible 

Recommended 30fps 

• OS: Windows 10 
• CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 
• RAM: 8GB 
• GPU: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti  4 GB or Radeon RX 570 4 GB 
• DirectX 12 
• HDD: 80GB 
• Sound cards: DirectX compatible 

Recommended 60fps 

• OS: WIndows 10 
• CPU: Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 
• RAM: 8GB 
• GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 590 
• DirectX 12 
• HDD: 80GB 
• Sound cards: DirectX compatible 

The “Minimum” requirements are to run the game at 720p/30FPS while the recommended requirements are for 1080p. Requirements for 1440p were not announced. 

Coming to the Death Stranding PC requirements themselves, they seem pretty tame. A 1050Ti is an entry level GPU and the Ryzen 5s are first generation Ryzen CPUs, so a lot of people should be able to run the game. But it also depends on how well the game is optimized at launch. Red Dead Redemption 2 PC, for example, had a rocky release with optimization issues which were fixed in later patches.