Horizon Forbidden West System Requirements & PC Benchmark

Can your PC run Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition? Guerrilla Games and Nixxes Software bring Aloy’s stunning post-apocalyptic frontier to PC with unlocked framerates, graphical customization, dynamic weather simulation, and complete support for DLSS 3, FSR 3, and Intel XeSS. Use our interactive FPS benchmark calculator above to see how your PC performs across the Forbidden West.

Horizon Forbidden West Minimum System Requirements (720p/1080p 30 FPS)

To run Horizon Forbidden West at minimum settings (low presets targeting 30 FPS), Nixxes specifies an Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X processor, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4GB) or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (4GB) graphics card, 16GB of RAM, and 150GB of available storage. An SSD is strictly required for seamless machine and biome streaming.

Horizon Forbidden West Recommended System Requirements (1080p 60 FPS)

For a fluid 60 FPS experience at 1080p medium presets, the recommended specs advise an Intel Core i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU, combined with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 graphics card, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and an NVMe M.2 SSD.

Test your graphics card and processor above to simulate your expected framerate before taking on the mechanical behemoths.