Until Dawn's system requirements are the only thing about the game that doesn't scare me

The Until Dawn system requirements have been released just a few weeks out from its impending launch on PC. The revamped game will also be getting a fresh PS5 release, but it’s the specificity of the PC storage requirements that offer something I only recall seeing once before.

Most system requirements will list what you need to get the game running at the minimum and recommended performance levels. For Until Dawn, we have four total tiers ranging from the expected minimum all the way up to ultra. It’s in the higher tiers where a specific SSD technology is suggested, something far removed from just recommending the best graphics card and leaving it at that.

Here are the Until Dawn system requirements: 

The Until Dawn minimum requirements read as expected for a modern release. We are still seeing older Nvidia GeForce GTX, rather than RTX, series cards getting a showing, alongside AMD’s Radeon RX 400 series, both of which are many years old now. Specifically, the GTX 1660 is the Nvidia card of choice, and not only is it old but not a high-end card anyway, so these minimum requirements are very accessible. Also required is just 8GB of RAM and SSD as the storage. Gaming laptops and PCs up to a decade old should realistically have a good chance of running the game at 720p and 30fps.

As for the Until Dawn recommended specs, there is a steep increase in the GPU requirements and a doubling of the RAM to 16GB, but they’re still in line with what is commonly seen in most modern releases. The benefit of moving up to an RTX 2060 is that you’ll have access to Nvidia DLSS to help with performance, but even if you are stuck with a GTX card, AMD FSR is available to you.

Here are the Until Dawn high and ultra system requirements:

The Until Dawn ultra requirements are interesting for how they stop short of recommending an Nvidia GeForce RTX 40-series GPU, as many other PS5 ports have done in the past. Granted, many of these other games have been open-world titles, whereas Until Dawn is relatively linear by comparison.

What’s most notable about both the high and ultra tiers, however, is the insistence on using an NVMe SSD. I’ve only ever seen this mentioned before in the Cyberpunk 2077 system requirements, when Phantom Liberty was released. It may have been done by other studios too, but it’s a rare find.

It makes sense, of course. NVMe SSDs operate with faster read and write speeds compared to SATA alternatives, so if you’re chasing the absolute best performance, you should be using an NMVe drive. Again, it’s just strange that it differs from other, larger PS5 ports that we’ve seen recently, although this could be down to a different studio handling the port.

Take our Until Dawn system requirements PC benchmark test to answer the question… Can I run Until Dawn?