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Can you run Dead Island Definitive Edition? PC requirements and settings

Dead Island Definitive Edition, by Techland (Action), came out on Steam on May 31, 2016. Here are the official specs, and what they mean on the most common graphics cards.

Publisher's recommended cardNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 290 (2GB VRAM)
Minimum cardNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 6870 (1GB VRAM)
Recommended RAM8 GB

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No frame-rate estimate for this game

The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both the minimum and the recommended specs. Rather than an invented number, we give none. ORION does the maths on your own PC, with your card, processor and screen, then measures the real frame rate while you play.

Official specs

Minimum and recommended requirements

Minimum

OS
Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-2500 @3.3 GHz / AMD FX-8320 @3.5 GHz
Memory
4 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 6870 (1GB VRAM)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
10 GB
Publisher's note
Laptop versions of graphics cards may work but are NOT officially supported.

Recommended

OS
Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-4670K @3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @4.0 GHz
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 290 (2GB VRAM)
DirectX
Version 11
Storage
10 GB
Publisher's note
Laptop versions of graphics cards may work but are NOT officially supported.

Source: the game's Steam page, read on October 7, 2026.

Where to buy

Buy Dead Island Definitive Edition

The official page first. In ORION, the Store tab compares prices across shops, with the official stores listed before key resellers.

On your PC

The same estimate with your own hardware, and the settings applied for you

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Questions

Dead Island Definitive Edition at a glance

Which graphics card do I need for Dead Island Definitive Edition at 1080p?

The publisher recommends: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 / AMD Radeon R9 290 (2GB VRAM). Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 6870 (1GB VRAM). The official page does not name a specific graphics card for both minimum and recommended specs, so we give no frame-rate estimate for this game. ORION does the maths on your own PC.

How much RAM does Dead Island Definitive Edition need?

The publisher recommends 8 GB of RAM (minimum: 4 GB).

How much storage does Dead Island Definitive Edition take?

The official page asks for 10 GB of storage.

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