Returnal System Requirements

Returnal system requirements will help you run the roguelike on PC, but they're anything but lightweight. It's worth noting that Housemarque's third-person shooter is the first PS5 exclusive to make its way to Steam, so it's more demanding than other PlayStation PC ports.

For starters, if you want to meet Returnal minimum requirements, you'll need a graphics card on par with the Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 580, the latter of which wields 8GB VRAM. While most games set 8GB memory as a baseline, Housemarque says you'll need 16GB RAM to get up and running.

To match the developer's Returnal recommended specs, you'll need to trade the above GTX GPU with an Nvidia RTX 2070 Super or and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT. Additionally, quad-core processors don't cut it here, as you'll need something comparable to the six cores on the Intel Core i7 8700 or the eight on the Ryzen 7 2700X.

Lastly, you'll need 60GB of free storage space to download Returnal, and if you're aiming for recommended specs, you'll want to swap out your trusty old mechanical hard drive for a shiny new SSD. This is perhaps to be expected, as the PlayStation 5 features a sold-state drive by default.

Returnal settings

Check PCGamesN for the best Returnal settings for your PC, for shadow quality, ray tracing, and other screen optimisation.

Returnal Steam Deck

Tou can play Returnal on Steam Deck, but neither Valve nor the game’s developers Housemarque have commented whether it will be deemed Playable or receive the full-whack Verified certification.

Returnal will run on PC system with Windows 10 64-bit and upwards.

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Returnal FPS - what frame rate can you expect?

How many FPS will I get on Returnal? We reference thousands of reports from PCGameBenchmark users running our FPS tracking app to tell you exactly how Returnal performs across a range of different settings and resolutions on the most popular PC gaming setups.

What frame rate does Returnal run at?

Here are the typical frame rate samples

Avg FPS	CPU	GPU	RAM
153	Intel Core i7-7700K	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	16 GB
45	Intel Core i7-10750H	Intel UHD	16 GB
43	Intel Core i7-9750H	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060	32 GB
40	Intel Core i7-8750H	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	16 GB

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