Resonance WikiResonance: A Plague Tale Legacy System Requirements
You need at least a Ryzen 3 3100 or Core i3-12100, 16 GB of RAM, a 6 GB VRAM card, and 75 GB of SSD space. The SSD is not optional — Asobo lists it as a requirement, not a recommendation.
Below are the official figures from the Steam store listing, plus what they actually mean in practice.
Minimum specs
| Requirement | |
|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10/11 64-bit |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel Core i3-12100 |
| Memory | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | 6 GB VRAM — Radeon RX 5500 XT / GeForce GTX 1060 |
| DirectX | Version 12 |
| Storage | 75 GB, SSD required |
The listing is unusually specific about what this tier buys you: 30 FPS at 1920×1080 on the Low preset. That is a refreshingly honest minimum — many publishers leave the target performance unstated.
Recommended specs
| Requirement | |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X / Intel Core i5-12400F |
| Memory | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | 8 GB VRAM — Radeon RX 6700 XT / GeForce RTX 3060 Ti |
| Storage | 75 GB, SSD required |
Target here is 60 FPS at 1920×1080 on the Ultra preset. Note that RAM does not increase between tiers — 16 GB covers both, so memory is unlikely to be your bottleneck.
The requirements that are easy to miss
Three conditions sit in the notes rather than the spec table, and any one of them can block you:
- SSD required. Not "recommended." A mechanical drive is not a supported configuration.
- 4 cores / 8 threads minimum. A 4-core CPU without hyperthreading does not meet the bar, even if its clock speed looks adequate.
- DirectX 12.1 with Shader Model 6.6. This is the one that catches older cards. A GPU can have enough VRAM and still fail here — Shader Model 6.6 support is a hard gate, not a performance setting.
That last point is worth checking before you buy. VRAM capacity and feature-level support are different things, and the store page tests both.
What the two tiers really tell you
The gap between minimum and recommended is narrower than usual. The CPU step is roughly one generation; the GPU step is one tier. RAM does not move at all.
That pattern usually indicates a game whose cost scales mainly with GPU load rather than simulation complexity. If you land between the two tiers, expect to sit between 30 and 60 FPS at 1080p rather than falling off a cliff.
Storage: budget more than 75 GB
The stated figure is 75 GB. Plan for more than that in practice:
- Patches add on top of the base install rather than replacing it cleanly
- Windows needs headroom on the same drive to stay responsive
- Shader caches and save data live outside the game folder
A drive with 75 GB exactly free is a drive that will give you trouble.
Steam Deck and handhelds
To be confirmed. The Steam listing does not carry a Deck compatibility rating we can cite, and we would rather not guess at handheld performance from desktop specs — the CPU requirement of 4 cores / 8 threads is the figure to watch there.
Console versions
The game is also on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, where these requirements do not apply. If your PC falls short of minimum, the console versions are the practical alternative — the game is a single-player release with no cross-platform progression to lose.
Quick answers
- Will a GTX 1060 run it? It is the listed minimum card, targeting 30 FPS at 1080p Low.
- Is 8 GB of RAM enough? No. 16 GB is the minimum, not the recommendation.
- Do I really need an SSD? Yes — it is listed as a requirement.
- How much space? 75 GB stated; leave meaningful headroom beyond that.