Dying Light: The Beast PC Hardware Guide
Official requirements explained
The official minimum for Dying Light: The Beast lists an Intel i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 processor, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon 5500 XT or Intel Arc A750 graphics card, 16GB of RAM, 70GB of storage, and an SSD is required. The recommended tier lists an Intel i5-13400F or AMD Ryzen 7 7700 processor, an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, AMD Radeon 6750 XT or Intel Arc B580 graphics card, 16GB of RAM, 70GB of storage, and again an SSD is required.
In today's terms, the minimum GPU, the GTX 1060, is an older entry-level card, while the recommended RTX 3070 Ti sits in the upper mainstream band, roughly on par with the laptop RTX 3070. On the CPU side, the Ryzen 5 3600 is an older mainstream chip and the Ryzen 7 7700 and i5-13400F are modern mainstream parts. The graphics gap between the two tiers is large, so if you want to play at the recommended level you should expect to need a noticeably newer card. The minimum setup should get the game running, but expect conservative settings.
RAM is 16GB at both levels, so no extra capacity is needed to meet the requirements. Both tiers require an SSD, which is not optional. The publisher lists only these two tiers and does not provide higher reference configurations.
Recommended builds for three budgets
The entry build pairs a GTX 1660 Super or RTX 3050 with a Core i5-10400F or Ryzen 5 4500 and 16GB of RAM. It suits players who want to get into the game on a limited budget and are happy with low to medium settings and a modest resolution. Its graphics performance sits roughly around the official minimum, so the goal is a stable game rather than a high-fidelity picture.
The mainstream build is what most players will find most practical. An RTX 3070, RX 6750 XT or Intel Arc B580 combined with a Ryzen 5 7600 or Core i5-14400F and 16GB of RAM lines up with the recommended tier and gives a balanced result for the money. 16GB is enough for the game alongside most other titles, but 32GB is worth considering if you like to keep many background programs open.
The high build uses an RX 7900 GRE, RTX 4070 Super or RTX 5070 with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D or Core i9-14900K and 32GB of RAM. It suits players who want to play at higher resolutions and higher detail and who also run other demanding games or do multitasking. The extra headroom lets you enable heavier graphics options without constantly trading image quality for smoothness.
Graphics settings with the biggest impact
In open-world action games like this one, the settings that usually cost the most are shadows, volumetric lighting and fog, vegetation and crowd or simulation density, and view distance. Shadows and volumetrics make a noticeable visual difference but are heavy on the GPU, so they are usually the first things to lower. View distance and vegetation density multiply the number of objects the engine must draw, which matters a lot across a wide wilderness map.
Ray tracing is among the most demanding options. If your graphics card is from an older generation, leave it off or keep only the lighter options; if your card has plenty of headroom, the visual gain becomes more worthwhile. Crowd and simulation density can usually be reduced without changing how the game plays, which is a practical way to recover performance.
Upscaling technologies such as NVIDIA DLSS, AMD FSR and Intel XeSS work by rendering at a lower internal resolution and then reconstructing the image to your target resolution while trying to preserve detail. In general, enabling them on supported hardware can make the game noticeably smoother with a modest loss in sharpness. Quality and balanced modes are a sensible starting point, and you can adjust from there to suit your taste.
Laptops and handheld PCs
Laptop GPUs share names with desktop cards but often perform noticeably lower. Power limits and cooling space are the reason: a laptop chip with the same name typically runs at a lower wattage, so its real performance can fall short of the desktop version. When buying a laptop, check the stated power and cooling design rather than relying on the model name alone. The official requirements refer to desktop parts, so compare a laptop against the recommended tier conservatively.
Handheld gaming PCs such as the Steam Deck and ROG Ally have core specifications that resemble lower-end desktop hardware, but battery, thermal and power constraints mean you will usually need lower settings and resolution, and may rely on upscaling and frame caps to keep play steady. We do not currently have verification data for the Steam Deck, so we cannot give it a support rating; try it using the general principles above.
For either laptops or handhelds, plugging in, using a high-performance power mode and keeping vents clear all help stability. If you notice stutter caused by thermal throttling during long sessions, lower the settings or enable a frame rate cap to get a more consistent result.
Storage and memory
Both the minimum and recommended tiers list 16GB of RAM, so 16GB is the baseline for playing this game, and 32GB is a sensible step up for players who keep many other programs or streaming tools open. Dual-channel configuration matters too: make sure your memory modules sit in the correct slots so they run as a pair, which gives better bandwidth.
The game needs 70GB of storage. The requirement does not state whether later updates are included, so leave more room than the listed figure to allow for patches and other games. Crucially, an SSD is required at both tiers. A hard drive is too slow for loading scenes and streaming the map, which causes stutter and long load waits. If you currently use a hard drive, installing the game on an SSD is usually the most direct way to improve the experience.
In short, 16GB of RAM and an SSD are the essential conditions, and at least 70GB of free space, with some margin, must be confirmed before installing.