Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is a big departure from the tried and tested format of past Lego adaptations, with this adventure pulling from a wide and storied history of Batman and letting it loose in a large, open-world Gotham City. It’s looking like an ambitious title that helps explain its higher-than-expected PC requirements.
Perhaps the most eye-catching line in the PC requirements for Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is for system memory. Even for the minimum requirements, you’ll need at least 16GB of RAM to help support the game’s open world. While that might not have been an issue a year ago, the ongoing RAM crisis driven by the needs of AI data centers makes that a very expensive upgrade if you’re still stuck on 8GB.
It is, however, good to see that the highest tier has managed to stick to 24GB, after developer TT Games managed to reduce it from 32GB after some outcry. Outside of memory requirements, you’ll likely not need an extremely modern rig to have a good time in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. Even recommended specification don’t require graphics cards with more than 8GB of VRAM, which is a rarity for many modern game releases. You’ll also only require CPUs from two or three generations ago, which is nice to see as well.
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is the first release by TT Games since Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga in 2022, with a lot of that time seemingly going towards redefining what the Lego series might look like going forward. Instead of adapting specific films or stories, Legacy of the Dark Knight looks to be combining several eras of the Caped Crusader for a wholly unique story that celebrates the character’s past and present, while expanding on the depth of gameplay with a combat system that looks very similar to the popular Batman Arkham series.
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is out for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 on May 22. It’ll launch later on Nintendo Switch 2, although a firm release date hasn’t been announced yet.
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight PC Requirements
Minimum
- CPU: Intel Core i5-10600K or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU: Nvidia GTX 960 4GB or AMD RX 6400 4GB or Intel Arc A580 8GB
- Details: Low 1080p at 30fps with FSR or XESS Balanced and Frame Generation enabled
- Storage: 50GB SSD
- OS: Windows 11
Recommended
- CPU: Intel Core i7-12700 or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
- RAM: 16GB
- GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070 Super 8GB or AMD RX 6650 XT 8GB or Intel Arc A580 12GB
- Details: Medium 1440p at 60fps with DLSS, FSR or XESS Quality and Frame Generation enabled
- Storage: 50GB SSD
- OS: Windows 11
4K
- CPU: Intel Core i7-14700K or AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
- RAM: 24GB
- GPU: Nvidia RTX 4070 12GB or AMD RX 9070 XT 16GB
- Details: 2160p at 60fps with DLSS, FSR or XESS Quality and Frame Generation enabled
- Storage: 50GB SSD
- OS: Windows 11
