The Outer Worlds 2 PC Specs and Minimum System Requirements

The Outer Worlds 2 is the next instalment in the series of retro-futuristic RPG games from developer Obsidian Entertainment. These guys were responsible for such greats as Fallout: New Vegas and the more recent and less great Avowed.

The first Outer Worlds game received a good reception, and people seem pleased with this one, too. If you’re also keen, check out the system requirements for The Outer Worlds 2 below.

• OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 / Intel Core i5-8400
• RAM: 16 GB
• GPU: AMD RX 5700 / Nvidia GTX 1070 / Intel Arc A580
• DirectX Version: 12
• Storage: 110 GB required (SSD Required)

• OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X / Intel Core i7-10700K
• RAM: 16 GB
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT / Nvidia RTX 3080
• DirectX Version: 12
• Storage: 110 GB required (SSD Required)

There's a pretty significant jump for the CPU and GPU going from minimum to recommended, additionally, there's a lot of reports of ray-tracing effectively bringing this game to it's knees.

Despite The Outer Worlds not being particularly exacting, calling for a GPU (GTX 1060) that released fours years prior to the game, the Outer Worlds 2 asks for a lot more, especially when it comes to the recommended requirements. An RTX 3080, though old enough at this point, is still a fairly expensive and capable GPU.

This means that this game might be a challenge to run, especially when it comes to the aforementioned ray-tracing. So, if you are willing to drop some cash to play this game at a high resolution and/or frame rate, upgrade the GPU first. a 50 Series card will be best of course, but the 90 series from AMD will also be capable.

Unlike the first game, this one insists on an SSD, and so do we. So, grab yourself an MP600 ELITE, or even an MP700 PRO (If your PC is compatible with PCIe 5.0 drives), to make sure you’re ready. Additionally, this game requires 110 GB of space compared to the first one’s pedestrian 40 GB, so make sure you’ve got room.

Also, The Outer Worlds 2 wants 16 GB of RAM at a minimum, but 32 GB is where you want to be these days. We’d recommend 32 GB of VENGEANCE RGB if your platform can handle DDR5, or 32 GB of VENGEANCE RGB RS if it can’t.

It’s an RPG in the same vein as Fallout and Skyrim, or perhaps closer to Starfield due to the Sci-fi setting. You play as an “Earth Directorate Agent” who must travel to the off-world colony of Arcadia to investigate what’s going on and ultimately try to stop the destruction of this colony and maybe all of humanity, too.

As with the first one (and RPGs in general), you are in complete control of how you choose to develop your character. This means that you can choose to approach situations in different ways to play to the strengths of your specific character build. So, you can barrel in with an all-guns-blazing approach or take the back door and sneak around utilizing your gift of the gab to get out of sticky situations.

All of this, while enjoying the retro-futuristic vibes, which remind us again of the Fallout franchise, albeit it thrust a few thousand years into the future. While the technology is eons ahead of where we’re at now, the style harkens back to the 60s, which is a fun combination.