You may need to upgrade: Remedy studio has announced the system requirements of Alan Wake II. And they are quite high

Remedy studio has finally announced the system requirements for the high-tech horror game Alan Wake II.

Here's What We Know

Unfortunately, many gamers will have to upgrade their PC to learn the fate of the depressing writer, because only the minimum requirements specify the need for 90 GB of free space, 16 GB of RAM and a graphics card of GeForce RTX 2060 level.

System Requirements

For all configurations

• OS: Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit);
• storage: 90 gigabytes on SSD;
• RAM: 16 gigabytes.

Minimums

(low settings, 1080p, 30 fps, DLSS/FSR2 in "Quality" mode)

• processor: Intel i5-7600K or AMD analogue;
• graphics card: GeForce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6600;
• video memory: 6 gigabytes.

Recommended

(medium settings, 1440p, 30 fps, DLSS/FSR2 in "Balance" mode)

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or analogue from Intel;
• graphics card: GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6600 XT;
• video memory: 8 gigabytes.

(medium settings, 1080p, 60 fps, DLSS/FSR2 in "Performance" mode)

• processor: Ryzen 7 3700X or analogue from Intel;
• graphics card: GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6700 XT;
• video memory: 8 gigabytes.

Ultra

(high settings, 2160p, 60 fps, DLSS/FSR2 in Performance mode)

• processor: Ryzen 7 3700X or analogue from Intel;
• graphics card: GeForce RTX 4070 or Radeon RX 7800 XT;
• video memory: 12 gigabytes.

For ray tracing

Low quality ray tracing

(medium settings, 1080p, 30 fps, DLSS/FSR2 in "Quality" mode)

• processor: Ryzen 7 3700X or analogue from Intel;
• graphics card: GeForce RTX 3070 or Radeon RX 6800 XT;
• video memory: 8 gigabytes.

Average trace quality

(medium settings, 1080p, 60 fps, DLSS/FSR2 in "Quality" mode, path tracing enabled)

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or analogue from Intel;
• graphics card: GeForce RTX 4070;
• video memory: 12 gigabytes.

High quality tracing

(high settings, 2160p, 60 fps, DLSS/FSR2 in Performance mode, path tracing enabled)

• CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X or analogue from Intel;
• graphics card: GeForce RTX 4080;
• video memory: 16 gigabytes.

When We Can Expect It

Alan Wake 2 will release on 27 October on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. The game is only available digitally.

Go Deeper:

• Impossible to miss: Remedy has published a visual release map for Alan Wake 2, showing the game's release time in major time zones

Source: @alanwake