Can I Run Batman: Arkham Knight on My PC / Laptop?

A GTX 660 2GB or Radeon HD 7870 2GB graphics card, an Intel Core i5-750 or AMD Phenom II X4 965 processor, 6GB of RAM, and DirectX 11. The full tiers are in the table above.

A GTX 760 3GB or Radeon HD 7950 3GB, an i7-3770 or FX-8350, and 8GB of RAM. That's a low bar by today's standards, and most current mid-range hardware exceeds it easily.

Yes, comfortably. The official recommended spec is 8GB, and the game doesn't push much past that. 16GB is standard on most PCs today and gives you plenty of headroom for background apps.

45GB at minimum, 55GB for the recommended install with all the free post-launch content. There's no hard SSD requirement, though an SSD shortens the texture streaming pop-in you sometimes see when driving fast.

No, it isn't required. A hard drive works fine. An SSD mainly helps with load times and reduces the brief texture pop-in during fast Batmobile driving.

No. It's a DirectX 11 game, built on Unreal Engine 3, so it doesn't need or use DX12.

The game ships with MaxFPS set to 30 in its BmSystemSettings.ini file. To raise it, open that file and change the MaxFPS value, then save. It isn't something extra GPU power fixes by itself.

It's the official minimum, but it's tight. On 2GB, turn off Interactive Smoke/Fog and Interactive Paper Debris and expect to keep textures at Medium. 4GB or more avoids the issue completely.

Almost always the Interactive Smoke/Fog and Interactive Paper Debris settings, which cause microstutter while gliding or driving regardless of how powerful your card is. Disabling both fixes it for most people.

Yes. It was pulled from sale the day after its June 2015 launch over crashes and frame drops, then re-released in October 2015 with the worst bugs addressed and further patches since. The version sold today is stable on modern hardware.

No. It's an eight-plus-year-old Unreal Engine 3 game with modest requirements. If your PC struggles with it, the issue is almost certainly the frame rate cap or the Interactive Smoke setting, not a lack of raw power.

Plenty of power here. The RTX 3050 is above Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended tier, so high 1080p is smooth and 1440p is a fair target.

For sure. The GTX 1650 outpaces Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended card, leaving you high 1080p now and 1440p whenever you like. About 90 to 100 fps at 1080p Very High with the cap unlocked.

Yes, with room to spare. Batman: Arkham Knight recommends less than the GTX 1060 6GB offers, so expect smooth 1080p high and a playable 1440p. Around 110+ fps at 1080p Very High; 1440p is comfortable too.

For sure. The RX 580 outpaces Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended card, leaving you high 1080p now and 1440p whenever you like. Similar to the GTX 1060 6GB, roughly 110+ fps at 1080p Very High.

Yes. The RTX 4060 has headroom over Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want. About 160+ fps at 1080p and 85 fps at 4K; rarely the bottleneck in this game.

Yes. On the RTX 3060, Batman: Arkham Knight runs at high settings in 1080p and scales up to 1440p without much fuss. Around 150+ fps at 1080p, 120 at 1440p, and 65 to 75 fps at 4K Very High.

The RTX 2060 is a strong fit for Batman: Arkham Knight. It lands at or above the recommended spec, so high 1080p is comfortable and 1440p works. About 140+ fps at 1080p and 100 to 110 fps at 1440p Very High.

Plenty of power here. The GTX 1660 is above Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended tier, so high 1080p is smooth and 1440p is a fair target.

The GTX 1660 Super is a strong fit for Batman: Arkham Knight. It lands at or above the recommended spec, so high 1080p is comfortable and 1440p works.

You are well set. The RX 6600 exceeds Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic. Close to the RTX 3060, roughly 140+ fps at 1080p and 110 at 1440p.

Yes. The GTX 1660 Ti has headroom over Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended card, so you can push 1080p high and move to 1440p when you want.

For sure. The RTX 3060 Ti outpaces Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended card, leaving you high 1080p now and 1440p whenever you like.

You are well set. The RTX 4050 exceeds Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended card, so 1080p high is easy and 1440p is realistic.

Yes, comfortably. The GTX 1050 Ti sits at or above Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended card, so 1080p on high is smooth and 1440p is well within reach. Roughly 55 to 65 fps at 1080p High once the frame rate cap is removed.

Plenty of power here. The RTX 4070 is above Batman: Arkham Knight's recommended tier, so high 1080p is smooth and 1440p is a fair target.

A MacBook, M-series chip or not, can't run this directly, since Rocksteady never shipped a native Mac build. GeForce Now cloud streaming or a Windows compatibility layer like CrossOver are the only routes onto a Mac, and Warner Bros. supports neither one officially.

Older chips don't reach the GTX 660 bar this game asks for. Intel Iris Xe and AMD's Radeon 780M, both newer, can manage 1080p on lower settings, though you'll want Interactive Smoke off and textures kept modest since these chips borrow their VRAM from system RAM.

Chromebooks don't run it on their own hardware. GeForce Now is the practical option, since it handles the actual game on a remote machine somewhere and just sends the video down to you.

Steam Deck carries a Verified rating for this one and holds close to 60fps through most of the game, dipping into the high 30s and low 40s during Batmobile chases or dense open-world fights. ROG Ally and Legion Go, both stronger than the Deck, handle it at least as comfortably.

Yes. An RTX 3060 or RX 6600 class card holds a solid frame rate at 4K on Very High once you've raised the frame rate cap, and anything from an RTX 4060 up has real headroom to spare.

Easily. A GTX 1660 or RX 580 8GB manages 1440p at high settings with the cap removed, and anything from an RTX 2060 up runs it smoothly.

Almost any card from a GTX 1060 6GB or RX 580 upward holds 60fps and more at 1080p, but you first have to raise the MaxFPS value in BmSystemSettings.ini, since the game defaults to a 30fps cap regardless of your hardware.

Yes, at 1080p an RTX 2060 or RX 580 8GB handles Very High comfortably, and at 1440p or 4K an RTX 3060 or RX 6600 class card is a good match. VRAM matters more here than raw GPU speed.

Yes, well beyond enough. The official recommended spec is only 8GB, so 16GB leaves plenty of room for background apps and browser tabs while playing.

Yes, and 4GB is a comfortable amount for this game at 1080p or 1440p with Interactive Smoke on. It's the 2GB and 3GB cards near the official minimum that need that setting turned off.

Yes to both. The PS4 version targets 30fps and holds up reasonably, and PS5 runs the same build through backward compatibility with faster loading. This page focuses on the PC version.

Check three things first: whether Interactive Smoke/Fog and Interactive Paper Debris are enabled (turn them off), whether your card has less than 4GB of VRAM (drop Texture Quality), and whether your graphics drivers are current. Those three cover the vast majority of stutter reports.

There's no native Linux build, but that matters less than usual here: the Verified Steam Deck rating means Proton handles it without manual fixes, and ProtonDB reports from desktop Linux users match the close-to-60fps performance with high-30s dips during Batmobile sequences. One thing carries over regardless of OS: you'll still need to raise MaxFPS in BmSystemSettings.ini to get past the built-in 30fps cap.

Yes. It plays through the Xbox One version via backward compatibility, and Series X|S hardware gives it stable performance and quicker load times than the original console. This page is centered on the PC version though.

Within reason, yes. At the minimum of a GTX 660 2GB, an i5-750, and 6GB of RAM you can play 1080p on low settings. Turn off Interactive Smoke/Fog first; it's the biggest single fix on weak hardware.

Yes. The recommended spec asks for an older i7-3770 or FX-8350, both of which a modern i3 or Ryzen 3 outperforms. CPU is rarely the bottleneck in this game outside of very old hardware.

There is a Switch version, released in December 2023 as part of the Arkham Trilogy, but it's known as a rough port: it targets 30fps but often ran closer to 20fps, dropping lower during Batmobile sections. A late-2025 update improved performance on Switch 2 through backward compatibility, bringing it closer to a steady 30fps, but it remains the weakest way to play this game.

Yes. Services like GeForce Now run the actual game on remote servers and beam the video to whatever screen you have, which means your own hardware plays almost no role in whether it works.

Yes, both are well above the recommended spec. Expect frame rates well past 100fps at 1080p Very High once the cap is removed, with 1440p also very comfortable.

Yes, easily. It's far beyond what this game asks for and holds strong frame rates at 1080p and 1440p on Very High settings.

Yes, with a large margin to spare. Both hold well over 100fps at 1080p and 1440p, and handle 4K Very High without trouble, though the engine and your CPU become the real ceiling before the GPU does.

Yes, but it's massively overkill. The RTX 4090 isn't the bottleneck at any resolution in this game; your CPU and the engine's own frame rate ceiling cap performance before the GPU does, even at 4K.

Yes. It's well above the recommended spec and comfortably handles 1440p or 4K on Very High once the frame rate cap is raised.

Yes, at 1080p on lower settings. These newer integrated chips clear the minimum, but turn off Interactive Smoke/Fog and keep textures modest since they share system memory instead of having dedicated VRAM.

No, the opposite. It's a 2015 Unreal Engine 3 game with a low bar for hardware. Its reputation for problems comes from its buggy launch and the frame rate cap you have to remove manually, not from needing a powerful PC.