Five gigabytes. That's the whole install — smaller than a single patch for most games shipping in 2026, and the clearest sign that Hordeguard isn't chasing the same hardware race everyone else is.

The step up from minimum to recommended is mostly about memory and graphics: 8 GB and a GTX 1060 will get you in the door, while 16 GB and an RTX 3060 is where Black Deer Games expects the game to be fully comfortable to play. The one row that quietly matters is DirectX — the minimum tier lists version 11, the recommended lists 12. Older cards that top out at DX11 aren't locked out, but they're clearly running the game on its lower settings.

No performance targets are given for either tier, so there's no stated resolution or frame rate to aim for at the time of writing. Worth keeping in mind that the game has no release date yet, and these PC specs come from a pre-release listing, so they may shift before launch.

Minimum System Requirements

Recommended System Requirements