Summary

  • Nixxes Software has published the official PC system requirements for Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut.
  • The spec sheet is fairly reasonable, promising that the game will even run on some GPUs that are nearly a decade old. An SSD is also not required, although it is recommended.
  • Ghost of Tsushima PC port will hit Steam on May 16.

Ghost of Tsushima has received its official PC system requirements. This crucial information about the PC port of Sucker Punch Productions' critically acclaimed game has arrived one month ahead of Ghost of Tsushima's Steam launch.

Aside from serving as the PS4's swan song, Ghost of Tsushima also ended up becoming one of the most highly regarded early PS5 games once its Director's Cut edition hit the market in August 2021. Two and a half years later, Sony announced that this definitive edition of Ghost of Tsushima is also coming to PC, with its Steam debut being scheduled for May 16.

Nixxes Software, a PlayStation subsidiary in charge of the PC port, has now detailed the game's official system requirements ahead of its release. The spec list is fairly reasonable for a modern AAA game, with the Dutch studio revealing that rigs equipped with GPUs as old as the Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 will be able to run Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut. Granted, the nine-year-old graphics card will only be able to render 30 frames per second at a 720p resolution; those looking to enjoy 4K gameplay at 60 FPS will still need access to some of the best gaming GPUs that money can currently buy.

Ghost of Tsushima PC System Requirements

Preset

Very Low

Medium

High

Very High

Average performance

720p at 30 FPS

1080p at 60 FPS

1440p at 60 FPS

4K at 60 FPS

4K at 30 FPS

CPU

Intel Core i3-7100

Intel Core i5-8600

Intel Core i5-11400

Intel Core i5-11400

AMD Ryzen 3 1200

AMD Ryzen 5 3600

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

AMD Ryzen 5 5600

GPU

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

AMD Radeon RX 6800

AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

RAM

8 GB

16 GB

Storage

75 GB HDD (SSD recommended)

75 GB SSD

OS

Windows 10 64-bit

The newly announced system requirements also confirm that the PC version of Ghost of Tsushima won't be particularly CPU-intensive. Both the six-year-old Intel Core i5-8600 and its year-younger AMD Ryzen 5 3600 rival will be enough to run the game at a 1440p resolution and 60 FPS or 4K resolution at half that frame rate. Its RAM requirements are also reasonable, ranging from 8 GB to 16 GB. While the official spec sheet doesn't outright state this, the cited amounts likely refer to the latest DDR5 RAM specification, which operates at effective speeds up to double those of its predecessor.

Ghost of Tsushima Resists One PC Gaming Trend

Another takeaway from the newly published system requirements is that Ghost of Tsushima is resisting the trend of AAA PC games mandating SSD use. While a solid-state disk is still recommended, it is not a necessity, with the minimum system requirements revealing that the game should still be able to run from a significantly slower HDD. The same was true of another recent PlayStation PC port, that of Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.

How much longer Sony's PC games may continue supporting HDDs is unclear, but the very fact they are still doing so in 2024 stands in stark contrast to what the majority of other AAA developers are doing; not only have many modern games like Starfield launched without HDD support, but some older titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 have even raised their PC system requirements to start insisting on SSDs years after hitting the market.

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August 20, 2021
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In the late 13th century, the Mongol empire has laid waste to entire nations along their campaign to conquer the East. Tsushima Island is all that stands between mainland Japan and a massive Mongol invasion fleet led by the ruthless and cunning general, Khotun Khan.

As the island burns in the wake of the first wave of the Mongol assault, courageous samurai warrior Jin Sakai stands resolute. As one of the last surviving members of his clan, Jin is resolved to do whatever it takes, at any cost, to protect his people and reclaim his home. He must set aside the traditions that have shaped him as a warrior to forge a new path, the path of the Ghost, and wage an unconventional war for the freedom of Tsushima.

ESRB
M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, Partial Nudity
Developer(s)
Sucker Punch
Publisher(s)
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s)
PC, PS5, PS4
Genre(s)
Action-Adventure, Open-World
How Long To Beat
30 Hours
Metascore
87
PS Plus Availability
Extra & Premium