Dune: Awakening is a new upcoming action-adventure survival MMO from Funcom, initially announced at Gamescom 2022 on 23rd August 2022. The game is linked to the popular Dune sci-fi novel series by Frank Herbert and draws much inspiration from the motion picture adaption of the same name.
Set in Arrakis, Dune: Awakening is a blend of the survival and online multiplayer game genres, creating a unique open-world MMO experience. But is your gaming rig powerful enough to play it? This article details the minimum and recommended PC system requirements for Dune: Awakening.
Updated on 3 December: There's been no further developments. We will continue to update this page until the Dune PC specs have been released.
PC System Requirements For Dune: Awakening
Unfortunately, the official PC system requirements for Dune: Awakening are not available. While we will endeavor to update this article at a later stage with the necessary information, we have provided an expected rundown of the hardware you'll require below.
For starters, Dune: Awakening is described as an "ambitious open-world survival MMO," suggesting that players should prepare for rather daunting PC system requirements. This sentiment is congruent with the fact that Dune: Awakening will launch exclusively on PC and current-gen consoles (i.e., PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S).
As such, we can expect Dune: Awakening's PC system requirements to match that of modern open-world games like Elden Ring or Horizon Forbidden West, which take pride in emphasizing the game's breathtaking true-to-life visuals.
Likewise, since Dune: Awakening is based on Frank Herbert’s novels and Denis Villeneuve’s Academy Award-winning film Dune, we can expect the game's PC specs to be on par with modern AAA games like Far Cry 6 or even Cyberpunk 2077.
With that in mind, my best guess is that Dune: Awakening will require (at minimum) an Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon RX 470 graphics card, 8 GB RAM, and Core i5-4460K or AMD equivalent processor.
However, it's more likely that you should have an RTX 2060 or AMD RX Vega 56 graphics card, 16 GB RAM, and Intel Core i7-7700K (or AMD equivalent) processor to enjoy the best possible in-game experience.
Minimum PC Specifications
- Operating System: TBA (requires 64-bit operating system)
- Processor: TBA (requires 64-bit processor)
- Memory: TBA
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Recommended PC Specifications
- Operating System: TBA (requires 64-bit operating system)
- Processor: TBA (requires 64-bit processor)
- Memory: TBA
- Graphics: TBA
- DirectX: TBA
- Storage: TBA
Dune: Awakening will launch exclusively for Microsoft Windows PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The game's official release date has not been announced yet.
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