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Horizon Zero Dawn: Minimum & Recommended PC Requirements

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It may have started out as a PS4 exclusive, but Horizon Zero Dawn is finally making its way over to PC this month. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world and players will take control of a young woman Aloy, as they try to take down large mechanical dinosaurs and uncover the mysteries of the world. Here are the minimum and recommended PC requirements for Horizon Zero Dawn.

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If you’ve seen Horizon Zero Dawn on PS4, you can probably already guess that it’s a fairly demanding game that will require a decent rig to look good and play well. That said, the minimum requirements are actually pretty forgiving.

According to the Steam store page, here are the minimum requirements for the game:

Horizon Zero Dawn PC Minimum Requirements

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core [email protected] or AMD FX [email protected]
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB)
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 100 GB available space

And here are the recommended PC requirements for the game:

Horizon Zero Dawn PC Recommended Requirements

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core [email protected] or Ryzen 5 [email protected]
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 100 GB available space

Needless to say, if you want to experience the game at 4K or 1440p resolution with 60 frames per second, you’ll definitely need to meet the recommended PC requirements to hit those benchmarks. But if not, the minimum requirements should allow you to play the game comfortably as well, just at a lower frame rate and resolution.

That’s all you need to know about the minimum and recommended PC requirements for Horizon Zero Dawn. Be sure to check our guide wiki for more tips and information on the game.


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Zhiqing Wan
Zhiqing is the Reviews Editor for Twinfinite, and a History graduate from Singapore. She's been in the games media industry for nine years, trawling through showfloors, conferences, and spending a ridiculous amount of time making in-depth spreadsheets for min-max-y RPGs. When she's not singing the praises of Amazon's Kindle as the greatest technological invention of the past two decades, you can probably find her in a FromSoft rabbit hole.