Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy PC System Requirements

If you’re a PC player trying to work out whether your rig is ready for Crete, this is the page for you. One important caveat up top: Asobo and Focus have not published the full official PC system requirements yet. What follows is an informed estimate, built from three solid reference points — the Zouna engine that also powered Requiem, the target hardware (PS5 and Xbox Series X|S), and the published specs for A Plague Tale: Requiem, which is the closest possible comparison. When the official numbers drop, we’ll replace these estimates and date the update.

Expected minimum requirements (estimated)

For 1080p at 30fps on low-to-medium settings, you should be looking at roughly:

• OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
• RAM: 16 GB
• GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1070 / AMD RX 5600 XT (8GB)
• Storage: ~60 GB, SSD strongly recommended
• DirectX: 12

Expected recommended requirements (estimated)

For a comfortable 1080p–1440p/60fps on high settings:

• OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
• CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• RAM: 16 GB (32 GB ideal for high-res textures)
• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3060 Ti / RTX 4060 / AMD RX 6700 XT
• Storage: ~60 GB SSD
• DirectX: 12

These mirror the shape of Requiem’s requirements, nudged slightly upward for a newer release. If your PC ran Requiem well, it will almost certainly run Resonance.

Why these estimates are reasonable

The most reliable signal is the console target. Resonance is built for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S — there’s no last-gen version dragging the baseline down. That tells us the floor of the experience is roughly current-gen console performance, which on PC translates to a modern 6-core CPU, 16GB of RAM and an RTX 3060-class GPU for an equivalent experience.

The Zouna engine is also a known quantity. It’s Asobo’s in-house tech, the same engine behind Requiem’s enormous rat tides and gorgeous lighting, and it scaled well across a wide range of PCs. Asobo clearly cares about optics — the light-heavy art direction in the trailers is doing a lot of work — but they’ve historically optimised well rather than shipping a brute-force hog.

Performance expectations

A few realistic expectations for launch:

• SSD basically required. Modern engines stream assets aggressively. A spinning hard drive will cause texture pop-in and long loads even if it technically “runs.” Budget for an SSD install.
• 16GB RAM is the practical minimum. 8GB will struggle. 16GB is the sweet spot; 32GB is nice-to-have for max textures.
• Upscaling will be your friend. Expect support for DLSS and/or FSR. On a mid-range card, enabling upscaling is the easiest way to hit a smooth 60fps at higher resolutions without tanking image quality.
• Ray tracing, maybe. Requiem didn’t lean hard on RT. If Resonance offers ray-traced lighting it’ll likely be an optional extra rather than a requirement, given the engine’s baked-lighting strengths.

What about Steam Deck and handhelds?

No official Steam Deck verification yet. Requiem was playable on Deck with tuned settings but wasn’t a flawless handheld experience, and Resonance targets the same or slightly higher fidelity, so expect a similar story: playable with compromises, not a showcase. We’ll note any official Deck rating when it appears.

The bottom line

If you’ve got a PC from the last four or five years with a 6-core CPU, 16GB of RAM, an SSD and an RTX 3060-class (or better) GPU, you’re in good shape for a solid 1080p/60 experience. Higher-end rigs will push 1440p and 4K comfortably. Older or weaker machines should still get a playable 1080p/30 with upscaling and reduced settings.

Treat everything above as a well-reasoned estimate until the official spec sheet lands — and check back, because we’ll swap in the confirmed numbers the moment they’re public. For everything else launch-related, see the release date guide.