WARDOGS System Requirements: Minimum & Recommended PC Specs

PC REQUIREMENTS

The performance target matters as much as the hardware list

Steam publishes separate minimum and recommended targets. The important difference is not only the GPU name: resolution, preset and upscaling assumptions change what each tier is promising.

Memory16 GB

Storage50 GB

Platform64-bit Windows PC

WARDOGS large battlefield scene used as performance-target context — **Large-scale combat is the context behind the PC targets** Compare your hardware against the target resolution and preset listed by Steam, not against a GPU name in isolation.

Official PC requirements

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10	Windows 11
CPU	Intel Core i5-8600 / AMD Ryzen 5 3500	Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory	16 GB RAM	16 GB RAM
GPU	Nvidia GTX 1660 / Radeon RX 590	Nvidia RTX 3070 / Radeon RX 6700 XT
Storage	50 GB available	50 GB available
Network	Broadband internet	Broadband internet
Steam target	1080p Low · 60 FPS · upscaled	1440p Medium · 70+ FPS native, or 4K Medium · 60+ FPS upscaled

How to read the two tiers

Minimum is not “1080p native”Steam explicitly ties the minimum tier to 1080p Low at 60 FPS with upscaling.Target context

Recommended is a higher render targetThe recommended tier targets 1440p Medium above 70 FPS natively, or 4K Medium around 60 FPS with upscaling.Target context

RAM and storage do not change by tierBoth official tiers list 16 GB memory and 50 GB available storage.Shared baseline

Before blaming the game or the PC

Use a controlled test

Match the Steam target as closely as possible: resolution, quality preset and whether upscaling is enabled. A result at a completely different target is not a direct comparison with the published requirement.

Confirm the game is using the discrete GPU.
Update the graphics driver and reboot.
Disable nonessential overlays for one test run.
Check whether the issue is map-specific, server-specific or global.

WARDOGS dense foundry combat scene used as graphics-load context — **Dense scenes are a better stress test than an empty menu** A representative combat scene gives more useful performance context than comparing frame rate only in menus or low-load areas.

What this page does not claim

The official requirements do not provide a universal CPU/GPU benchmark table for every modern component. This Wiki therefore does not convert the published parts into unsupported equivalence tiers or guaranteed frame rates on unlisted hardware.