Phantom Blade Zero system requirements

Phantom Blade Zero system requirements by tier

The table compares the minimum and recommended tiers row by row. Steam, Fextralife and Game8 agree on the operating system, processor, graphics card, DirectX and performance target rows. Memory and storage are where the listings differ, and the cells name the source behind each figure.

Minimum requirements and the 1080p target

The Steam store page gives the minimum tier as Windows 10/11 (64bit required), an Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 16 GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB. It lists 145 GB of available space and says SSD installation is required. The stated target is 1080p at 30 FPS with upscaling enabled.

Game8 uses the same processor, graphics card and memory figures for the minimum tier, and describes the target in the same terms: 30 FPS at 1080p with upscaling enabled. The minimum tier therefore reads the same way across both guides, even though the storage line differs.

Recommended specs and where the listings differ

The recommended tier uses an Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, an RTX 3060 Ti 8GB or RX 6700 XT 12GB, and a target of 1440p at 60 FPS with upscaling enabled. TechWiser lists the same tier with 16 GB of RAM, as do Steam and Game8.

Fextralife is the only listing that gives a memory range for this tier: 16 GB to 32 GB. Because Fextralife is a fan wiki, that range sits beside the store figure rather than replacing it.

Ray tracing and path tracing tiers

Ray tracing and path tracing have their own GPU tiers, each with a resolution and frame rate target and upscaling enabled. Fextralife, Game8, TechWiser and a Phantom Blade Zero fan guide all name the same two cards.

These two tiers list only a graphics card. TechWiser notes that no CPU, RAM or storage figure appears beside them, and points to the recommended tier's 16 GB and six-core CPU as the closest reference.

Storage space and preload planning

Storage has two figures that are easy to mix up: the installed size and the free space needed to preload. Club386 says the game takes 145 GB once installed, plus an extra 155 GB to complete the pre-load, for a total of 300 GB of free drive space.

Twisted Voxel describes the same split: 145 GB of storage, with at least 300 GB free while the preload files and the full game coexist. PC Gamer reports the same 145 GB installed size and 300 GB preload figure from the developer's update, and notes that an SSD is required.

How to check the Phantom Blade Zero system requirements

Start with the minimum tier in the Phantom Blade Zero system requirements. Check Windows 10/11 64-bit, the processor, 16 GB of RAM, the GTX 1660 6GB or RX 5500 XT 8GB, DirectX 12, and an SSD with enough free space. Game8 lists the same minimum set, so the two guides give you a matching checklist.

Then compare the graphics card and memory with the recommended tier. If your PC matches the recommended processor and graphics card, the listed target is 1440p at 60 FPS with upscaling enabled, according to the Steam store page.

Our take on choosing a tier

The gap between the two standard tiers is the target: 1080p at 30 FPS for the GTX 1660 class, and 1440p at 60 FPS for the RTX 3060 Ti class. Both tiers name DirectX 12 and SSD storage, so the processor and graphics card decide which target you can plan around.

Storage matters more than the installed size suggests. Plan for the 300 GB preload space, not only the 145 GB installed size, and keep the 16 GB to 32 GB memory range from Fextralife in mind when you aim for the recommended tier. The Phantom Blade Zero system requirements present upscaling as part of every listed target, so compare the figures with upscaling on.

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