Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen is out. Can your PC run it?

Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, Capcom’s expansion, launched on October 9 and brought a lot of players back: there are 28,425 people playing on Steam right now. Whether you are returning or starting fresh, check where your graphics card lands against the game’s requirements before you head north to Norgan.

What Dark Arisen adds

These are the expansion contents that Capcom’s announcements detail:

• The Forsaken Dominion: Norgan, a new story and region in the snowy north. It adds a loot-based relic expedition loop and new monsters. A side-quest chain unlocks the option to change the appearance of Norgan weapons and armor while keeping their stats.
• The Lost Rites: 12 new dungeon challenges.

The expansion also brings new hairstyles and tattoos to the character creator for your Arisen and Main Pawn.

Separately, on September 16 Capcom announced that new Official Pawns are joining the lineup. On October 6 it announced more updates for the main game, including a Hard Mode.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 PC requirements

These are the requirements on the game’s Steam page today. The game is Windows only:

Read the fine print. The minimum targets 1080p at 45 to 60 fps and the recommended targets 1080p at 60 fps. Both assume an upscaler and “Prioritize Performance” selected in Graphics Quality. Capcom warns that frame rate may drop when the processing load is high. Ray tracing requires an RTX 2080 Ti or an RX 6800.

Which GPUs run it

canirun grades are measured against the recommended requirement and assume 16 GB of RAM, which is exactly what the game asks for:

• Below the minimum: the GTX 1650, the Radeon RX 580 and the GTX 1060 6GB.
• Clear the minimum but tight: the RTX 3050 grades D (struggles) and the RTX 2060 grades C (tight). The RTX 3060 also lands at C: it gets in, with no headroom.
• Meet the recommended: the RTX 3060 Ti and the RTX 4060 grade B.
• Comfortable: the RTX 4070, RTX 5070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT grade A.

What about Steam Deck?

Valve has not verified it and lists it as Unsupported. Our spec-based estimate puts the Deck below the minimum, with an F against the recommended, but it is only an estimate. There is more detail on the game’s Steam Deck page.

Can your PC run Dragon’s Dogma 2?

Here is how your rig grades against the game’s requirements:

Game	Rec. GPU score	Rec. RAM	Min. RAM	Your PC
Dragon's Dogma 2	18,050	16 GB	16 GB	?

If you fall short, the full game page shows your grade with your detected GPU and RAM.

Sources: Dragon’s Dogma 2 on Steam, Capcom: Dark Arisen out now, Capcom: main game updates, Capcom: trailer, Norgan and character creator