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Dead Island 2 PC system requirements

Dead Island 2 needs at least an AMD FX-9590 / Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, 10 GB of RAM and a Radeon R9 390X (8192 VRAM) / GeForce GTX 1060 (6144 VRAM) graphics card, on Windows 10 (64-bit).

For the recommended settings: a processor listed as “Ryzen 5 5600X / Intel Core i9-9900k”, 10 GB of RAM and a Radeon RX 6800 XT (16384 VRAM) / GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8192 MB) graphics card. It takes 70 GB of storage.

Dead Island 2: minimum and recommended PC requirements (Windows)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	Windows 10 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	AMD FX-9590 / Intel Core i7-7700HQ	Ryzen 5 5600X / Intel Core i9-9900k
Memory	10 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended
Graphics	Radeon R9 390X (8192 VRAM) / GeForce GTX 1060 (6144 VRAM)	Radeon RX 6800 XT (16384 VRAM) / GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8192 MB)
DirectX	Version 12 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Storage	70 GB GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes	Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Same for both: minimum and recommended

How demanding is Dead Island 2?

Memory: Needs more minimum RAM than 86% of the 1,937 PC games with requirements we track (10 GB).
Storage: Larger than 90% of the 1,852 games with a storage figure (70 GB).

Compared with the minimum requirements of every game that has a requirements page on gamekeys.deals. We compare memory and storage only: processor and graphics card names cannot be ranked reliably from Steam's text.

Other platforms

Mac

Dead Island 2: macOS requirements
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system	14.0.0 Same for both: minimum and recommended
Processor	M Same for both: minimum and recommended
Memory	16 GB RAM Same for both: minimum and recommended
Storage	81 GB available space Same for both: minimum and recommended
Additional notes	Requires an Apple processor Same for both: minimum and recommended

Dead Island 2 is also available on Xbox Series S/X, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Xbox One. The PC specifications on this page do not apply to console editions.