Stalker 2 PC Specs Require A Ton Of Storage Space But Surprisingly Modest Hardware

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl looks like visually impressive, and fittingly, it'll need a lot of hard drive space to fit in all 64km² of the Exclusion Zone. The official PC specs for the game are now live, and while it's not too demanding in terms of RAM, GPU, and CPU requirements, you will need to ensure that you have 160GB of SSD storage capacity available.

Like several other modern games, Stalker 2 lists a solid-state drive as a mandatory requirement, likely due to them having vastly superior read/write speeds when compared to traditional hard disk drives. Developer GSC Game World has previously spoken about how it has attempted to create a photorealistic version of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, and early previews of Stalker 2 have shown off a lush environment for players to explore.

Beyond that, the rest of the PC requirements listed on Steam are very forgiving toward older machines, possibly as a result of Stalker 2 being in development for a long period of time. GSC Game World recommends an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU with at least 8GB of VRAM and 16GB of RAM. If you're aiming for a 4K resolution and high frame rates, you'll need newer hardware to get the best out of Stalker 2.

Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl PC Requirements

Low

• Target resolution: 1080p at 30fps
• Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X
• GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / Intel Arc A750
• 16GB RAM
• 160GB SSD

Medium

• Target resolution: 1080p at 60fps
• Intel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
• GeForce RTX 2070 or RTX 4060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
• 16GB RAM
• 160GB SSD

High

• Target resolution: 1440p at 60fps
• Intel Core i7-11700 / AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
• GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or RTX 4070 / AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
• 32GB RAM
• 160GB SSD

Epic

• Target resolution: 2160p at 60+ fps
• Intel Core i7-13700KF / AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
• GeForce RTX 4080 / AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
• 32GB RAM
• 160GB SSD

"Navigating anomalies, navigating the open world and its mysteries, and navigating the politics of different competing factions all have me excited for Stalker 2. Its atmosphere of deadly, mysterious strangeness makes wandering its open world both alluring and frightening," Phil Hornshaw wrote in GameSpot's Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl preview. "Stalker 2 perfectly balances the desire to discover what's hidden out there, like a field full of whispering poppies, with the unnerving knowledge that the Zone is also full of things that can and likely will kill you."

After several delays following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Stalker 2 will launch for PC and Xbox Series X|S on November 20, and it'll be available through Xbox Game Pass as well. If you're interested in seeing just how the game came together while Ukraine was thrown into chaos, you can check out a 90-minute documentary from GSC Game World chronicling the last two years of development during uncertain times.