Today, Pearl Abyss has revealed detailed PC, console, and macOS specifications for its highly anticipated upcoming open world action/adventure game Crimson Desert. The minimum and recommended system requirements for PC were actually first announced (and then lowered) months ago, but this time the South Korean development team has provided much more in-depth information for gamers on how the game powered by the BlackSpace engine will run on their systems.
| Minimum | Low | Recommended | High | Ultra | |
| Graphics Preset | Minimum | Low | Medium | High | Ultra |
| Performance Specs | Upscaled 1080p (from 900p) 30 FPS | 1080p 30 FPS | 1080p 60 FPS 4K 30 FPS | 1440p 60 FPS | 4K 60 FPS |
| GPU | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 | AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Intel i5-8500 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Intel i5-8500 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Intel i5-11600K | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Intel i5-12600K | AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Intel i5-13600K |
| RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit 22H2 or newer | Windows 10 64-bit 22H2 or newer | Windows 10 64-bit 22H2 or newer | Windows 10 64-bit 22H2 or newer | Windows 10 64-bit 22H2 or newer |
| Storage | 150 GB (SSD required) | 150 GB (SSD required) | 150 GB (SSD required) | 150 GB (SSD required) | 150 GB (SSD required) |
Pearl Abyss also shared detailed specifications for the console versions of Crimson Desert. Fans had criticized the development team for not showing enough footage from these versions of their game, but at least now they can check out the exact specifications. Owners of the most powerful console on the market, Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro, can look forward to the upgraded PSSR upscaler, which can reach 40 FPS when upscaling from 1440p resolution and 60 FPS (and more with VRR enabled) when upscaling from 1080p. Both modes also include Ray Tracing set to High. A Quality mode runs at native 4K with Ray Tracing Ultra, but it's stuck to 30 frames per second.
Conversely, owners of the least powerful console (Microsoft's Xbox Series S) will have to deal with 720p@40FPS or 1080p@30FPS, and ray tracing has been disabled, too.
| PlayStation 5 | PlayStation 5 Pro | |||||
| Performance | Balanced | Quality | Performance | Balanced | Quality | |
| Resolution | 1080p | Upscaled 4K (from 1280p, FSR 3) | Upscaled 4K (from 1440p, FSR 3) | Upscaled 4K (from 1080p, Upgraded PSSR) | Upscaled 4K (from 1440p, Upgraded PSSR) | 4K |
| Target Performance | 60 FPS VSync / 60+ FPS VRR** | 40 FPS VSync* | 30 FPS VSync | 60 FPS VSync / 60+ FPS VRR** | 40 FPS VSync* / 48+ FPS VRR** | 30 FPS VSync |
| Raytracing Quality | Raytracing Low | Raytracing Low | Raytracing High | Raytracing High | Raytracing High | Raytracing Ultra |
| Xbox Series S | Xbox Series X | ||||
| Performance | Quality | Performance | Balanced | Quality | |
| Resolution | 720p | 1080p | 1080p | Upscaled 4K (from 1280p, FSR 3) | Upscaled 4K (from 1440p, FSR 3) |
| Target Performance | 40 FPS VSync* | 30 FPS VSync | 60 FPS VSync / 60+ FPS VRR** | 40 FPS VSync* | 30 FPS VSync |
| Raytracing Quality | Raytracing Off | Raytracing Off | Raytracing Low | Raytracing Low | Raytracing High |
Crimson Desert is one of the few triple-A games to launch day one on macOS, too. Here are the detailed specs for this platform.
| Config | Minimum | Minimum | Recommended | High | Ultra | |||
| Graphics Preset | For this Mac | For this Mac | For this Mac | For this Mac | For this Mac | For this Mac | ||
| Performance Specs | macOS 15 | MetalFX upscale | 720p - 30 FPS / | 900p - 30 FPS | 1080p - 30 FPS | 1440p | 30 FPS | 4K @ 40 FPS |
| (Upscaled resolution -Target FPS) | macOS 26+ | MetalFX upscale / frame interpolation | 720p - 60 FPS / | 900p - 60 FPS | 1080p - 60 FPS | 1440p | 60 FPS | 4K @ 60 FPS |
| macOS | 15.0 or later | 15.0 or later | 15.0 or later | 15.0 or later | 15.0 or later | 15.0 or later | ||
| Chip | M2 Pro | M3, M4 | M3 Pro, M4 Pro, M5 | M2 Max | M3 Max | M3 Ultra, M4 Max | ||
| Raytracing | Off | On | On | Off | On | On | ||
| RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | ||
| Storage (Steam) | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | ||
| Storage (App Store) | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB |
Lastly, Pearl Abyss has also shared how Crimson Desert will run on the ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X portable devices.
| ROG Xbox Ally — Performance | ROG Xbox Ally X — Performance | ROG Xbox Ally X — Balanced | ROG Xbox Ally X — Quality | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolution | 720p (FSR 3 Frame Generation) | Upscaled 1080p (from 720p, FSR 3 SR + Frame Generation) | Upscaled 1080p (from 720p, FSR 3 SR) | 1080p |
| Target Performance | 40 FPS | 60 FPS | 40 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Storage | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB | 150 GB |
Discover more about the game in our dedicated hub page. Look forward to more Crimson Desert coverage in the coming week.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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