The Day Before PC requirements - minimum and recommended specs

The Day Before character aiming a shotgun with a serious expression

The Day Before character aiming a shotgun with a serious expression

It's been a long time coming - The Day Before is almost upon us. Massively multiplayer online games usually hover between 'very easy to run' and 'top of the line parts only', so this guide will help players prepare by sharing The Day Before PC requirements.

The open-world MMO and its trailers have made many promises, showing everything from character customisation to driving mechanics. The game's reimagined US East Coast has provided some impressive screenshots, and we're eager to see how it holds up when gamers are set loose into its world.

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The Day Before minimum PC requirements

The minimum requirements listed below are a necessity if you want to play The Day Before without shelling out tons of cash on new parts. It may not provide the prettiest gaming experience, but should still be playable nonthless.

It should be noted that these specs prefer (but do not require) a solid state drive, support hard disk drives, and are designed with low quality settings in mind.

Component
Minimum
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Processor
Intel Core i5-8400 OR Any AMD equivalent
Memory
16 gigabytes of ram
Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 OR Any AMD equivalent
DirectX
Version 12
Network
Broadband internet connection
Storage
55 Gigabytes of available space
An exterior of The Ocean Mall in The Day Before.
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The Day Before is an ambitious game, providing a whole bunch of zombies to deal with and destroyed buildings to explore. It asks a lot of a PC, so to get the world looking at its best you'll need to meet or exceed the recommended PC specs listed below.

It should be noted that these specs also require an SSD and are designed with high quality settings in mind.

Component
Recommended
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Processor
Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) OR Any AMD equivalent
Memory
16 gigabytes of ram
Graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti OR Any AMD equivalent
DirectX
Version 12
Network
Broadband internet connection
Storage
55 Gigabytes of available space

That's everything we can share about the PC specs that The Day Before asks for. For more on the latest games, read up on the PC requirements of Gangs of Sherwood, Ghostrunner 2, and Modern Warfare 3 right here.