Phantom Blade Zero PC System Requirements

What are the minimum PC requirements?

S-GAME publishes two tiers on its own system-requirements page, and Steam’s listing for app 4115450 carries the same two tiers in its own format.

Component	Minimum
Operating system	Windows 10/11 (64-bit required)
Processor	Intel Core i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory	16 GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
DirectX	Version 12
Storage	SSD required
Target	1080p / 30 FPS with upscaling enabled

What are the recommended PC requirements?

Component	Recommended
Operating system	Windows 10/11 (64-bit required)
Processor	Intel Core i5-10600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Memory	16 GB RAM
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
DirectX	Version 12
Storage	SSD required
Target	1440p / 60 FPS with upscaling enabled

The two tables agree field for field. Steam phrases the processor and graphics lines with “or” between the Intel and AMD options, so either vendor’s part satisfies the tier.

What about ray tracing and path tracing?

S-GAME’s requirements page publishes two further targets beyond the minimum and recommended tiers, both under the same upscaling caveat:

Tier	GPU	Target
Ray Tracing Recommended	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB	1080p / 60 FPS with upscaling enabled
Path Tracing Recommended	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB	2160p / 60 FPS with upscaling enabled

Both of these are RTX 5060 and RTX 5080 recommendations, and both are NVIDIA-specific cards. No AMD equivalent is listed for the ray tracing or path tracing tiers, which fits the fact that the game’s upscaling support is NVIDIA DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation rather than a cross-vendor feature.

The PC performance guide covers the graphics stack in detail, including S-GAME’s own statement that it put additional effort into preserving as much visual impact as possible without relying on ray tracing. That makes ray tracing an enhancement in the publisher’s framing rather than a requirement for the intended look.

What does “with upscaling enabled” actually mean?

Every published performance target on S-GAME’s page and on Steam’s listing carries the phrase “with upscaling enabled” — 1080p/30, 1440p/60, 1080p/60 for the ray tracing tier, and 2160p/60 for the path tracing tier.

This is the load-bearing caveat in the requirements. The frame rates and resolutions above are not native-resolution promises. They are the numbers the publisher attaches to the assumption that an upscaler is doing the resolution reduction. A machine that runs the game at native resolution on the same hardware should not be expected to hit the same figure, and the tables cannot be converted into a benchmark chart before measured testing exists on the release build.

The two remaining requirements are absolute rather than conditional: Windows 10 or 11 in 64-bit is required, as is DirectX 12, and both published tiers state SSD installation required. The SSD requirement is the one item on the list with no tier attached — it applies to both minimum and recommended, and it means a machine with a spinning hard drive is out regardless of its GPU.

Does the PC version have any other requirements?

The game is Windows-only. Steam’s app data lists windows: true and both mac: false and linux: false, and the official site lists PlayStation 5, PC, and the Epic Games Store as the platforms with no console or handheld version listed.

No official source publishes a separate PC install size. The 134.857 GB figure that circulates for the game is a PS5 number from PlayStation backend data, and it is press-reported rather than publisher-confirmed. The Steam version guide sets that out, and the PlayStation 5 guide covers the preload and size details with their provenance attached.

There is also no official frame-rate chart, no benchmark, and no optimized-settings guide. The PC performance guide records why none can be written yet.

What has not been published?

No official source publishes a PC download size, a VRAM requirement beyond the VRAM implied by the listed GPU models, a frame-rate figure for the minimum tier on any specific card, a list of supported upscalers on non-NVIDIA hardware, or a Steam Deck compatibility rating from Valve.

The official content status marks the boundary, and the launch guide carries the rest of the release facts.

Sources

• S-GAME: PC System Requirements
• Steam: Phantom Blade Zero
• Steam app details: Phantom Blade Zero, app ID 4115450
• Epic Games Store: Phantom Blade Zero
• S-GAME: Return to Pangzhen — RTX On Gameplay Reveal

Last verified: October 20, 2026.