Spec sheet · Action · 2014

The Evil Within PC Requirements

To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960. Among the games we track, it is undemanding by current standards.

Minimum GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
Recommended GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
RAM
4 GB
Disk
50 GB

Which graphics cards clear it

All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.

27 Short of the minimum including the AMD Radeon 890M
37 Minimum, not recommended from the AMD Radeon RX 550 ($79 at launch)
101 At or above recommended from the Intel Arc A380 ($139 at launch)

What the publisher lists

Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.

PartMinimumRecommended
Graphics card GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card matches NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 GeForce GTX 670 or equivalent with 4GBs of VRAM matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Processor i7 or an equivalent with four plus core processor i7 with four plus cores
Memory 4 GB 4 GB
Video memory 1 GB 4 GB
Storage 50 GB 50 GB
Windows Windows 8 Same as minimum
DirectX DirectX 11 Same as minimum

Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest

Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a Intel Core i7-10700K-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.

Card1080p1440p4KAgainst the specs
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 744627 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 1318247 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 6600 16110058 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 16110058 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7600 19011868 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 19011868 Recommended
Intel Arc B580 21213276 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 23514685 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 300+211123 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 300+225131 Recommended
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 300+273158 Recommended
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 300+300+186 Recommended

Answers about The Evil Within on PC

What is the lowest graphics card that runs The Evil Within?

The publisher's minimum is GTX 460 or equivalent 1 GB VRAM card. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030.

How much RAM does The Evil Within need?

4 GB at minimum, 4 GB recommended.

How much storage space does The Evil Within take?

50 GB of free space.

Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run The Evil Within?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run The Evil Within?

Yes — it meets the recommended graphics card.

If your PC runs The Evil Within, it also runs

Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.