Dead Island 2 PC System Requirements Announced Ahead of Release

The minimum system RAM requirement is set to 10 GB, while the maximum is 16GB.

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Ali Pardiwala | Updated: 12 April 2023 15:47 IST

Dead Island 2 PC System Requirements Announced Ahead of Release

Photo Credit: Dambuster Studios

Dead Island 2 features a co-op story mode for up to three players

Highlights

Dead Island 2 releases April 21 on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox
The game will occupy 70GB of storage space
Dead Island 2 will not support cross-play between platforms

Dead Island 2 launches a week early on April 21 and ahead of that, developer Dambuster Studios has dropped system requirements for the same. As is the case with most PC games these days, you'll require some fairly heavy hardware to run the zombie-slasher sequel at decent settings. While the minimum memory (RAM) and storage requirements are fairly normal — 10GB and 70GB, respectively — it demands some higher-end CPU and graphics cards to play Dead Island 2 in Recommended, High, and Ultra settings. The FAQ page on the game's website mentions support for AMD's FSR2 upscaling methods, which should help with better performance while not sacrificing much on the visual fidelity front.

The spec sheet only details PC requirements for 1080p resolution and above, demanding an Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics card to run Dead Island 2 at 1080p 30fps. It is among the most popular graphics cards as per Steam's Hardware Survey, albeit the game will be released exclusively on the Epic Games Store on PC. It's also unclear whether Dambuster Studios is asking for a 3GB or 6GB version since the AMD alternative Radeon RX 480 comes in 4GB and 8GB variants.

PC requirements to run modern AAA games have gotten quite high, with even the recent The Last of Us Part I failing to run properly on the benchmarks developer Naughty Dog set for themselves. This generally has to do with a lack of optimisation on the platform, as studios continue focusing on the console versions and treat the PC versions as an afterthought.

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— Dead Island (@deadislandgame) April 11, 2023

Dead Island 2 PC system requirements

The PC system requirements list comes courtesy of Dambuster Studios, with the common requirements being Windows 10 64-bit and at least 70GB of free storage space on an SSD.

Dead Island 2 ‘Minimum' PC requirements

Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-7700HQ or AMD FX-9590
Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 480
RAM: 10GB
Resolution: 1,920x1,080 pixels at 30fps

Dead Island 2 ‘Recommended' PC requirements

Processor (CPU): Intel Core i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
RAM: 16GB
Resolution: 1,920x1,080 pixels at 60fps

Dead Island 2 ‘High' PC requirements

Processor (CPU): Intel Core i5-12600KF or AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 or AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
RAM: 16GB
Resolution: 1440p at 60fps

Dead Island 2 ‘Ultra' PC requirements

Processor (CPU): Intel Core i7-13700K or AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
Graphics (GPU): Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 or AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
RAM: 16GB
Resolution: 4K at 60fps

After spending years in development hell, Dead Island 2 finally showed its face at Gamescom last year, promising gory zombie-killing goodness on the sun-kissed streets of Los Angeles. That's right — contrary to the title, the game is actually set in a sunny, fictional version of the city, called ‘HELL-A'. Armed with a ridiculous arsenal of guns, blades, bear claws, and more, you embark on a blood spilt odyssey, laying waste to all kinds of infected. While Dead Island 2 features a co-op story mode for up to three players, it doesn't support cross-play. The game will be locked to 60fps on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, and deliver 30fps on the older PS4 and Xbox One consoles.

Dead Island 2 is out April 21, across PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.

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Dead Island 2

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Violent and gratifying melee combat
Weapon variety and modifications
Hub world design
Short campaign

Bad
Lacklustre story and characters
Repetitive mission structure and gameplay
Occasional bugs, glitches

Read detailed Deep Silver Dead Island 2 review

Genre RPG

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player, Multiplayer

Series Dead Island

PEGI Rating 18+

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