Marvel Rivals System Requirements (2026): Minimum, Recommended, VRAM and How Many GB

Marvel Rivals lists the same 70 GB of available space for both minimum and recommended specs on PC, along with 16 GB of RAM and DirectX 12; the minimum GPU is an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD RX 580 or Intel Arc A380, and the recommended GPU is an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Super), AMD RX 5700-XT or Intel Arc A750. These are the Steam store values as checked on September 30, 2026 (PC only, not console), and the 70 GB is a free-space requirement rather than a confirmed installed size. If you also plan to record while you play, the extra load is covered separately in game recording on a low-end PC.

Official Steam minimum and recommended specs (PC, checked September 30, 2026)

Bottom line: 70 GB free and 16 GB of RAM

For the "how many GB" question, the official answer is 70 GB of available space, and it is identical for minimum and recommended. The tiers differ in processor and graphics, not storage. The minimum pairs a Core i5-6600K or Ryzen 5 1600X with one of the GTX 1060, RX 580 or Arc A380; the recommended pairs a Core i5-10400 or Ryzen 5 5600X with one of the RTX 2060 (Super), RX 5700-XT or Arc A750. Nowhere does the official listing say the 70 GB equals the download size or the space the game occupies after installation, so the real figure, which can move with patches, has to be read from Steam. If you want to run recording alongside the game, work out the recording side too with recommended specs for game recording.

How to check your PC and free up space

1. 1Compare the Steam table with the date checked — Open the system requirements on the Marvel Rivals Steam store page and compare the minimum and recommended columns with the table above. The values here were checked on September 30, 2026, and a later season or update may change them, so a quick comparison right before installing is the safest habit.
2. 2Check your DirectX version with dxdiag — Type dxdiag into the taskbar search box and select dxdiag from the results to open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool. On the System tab, look under System Information and confirm that the DirectX version reads 12. If it asks whether to check for signed drivers on first launch, choosing Yes is the sensible option. The same tool also shows your graphics device and memory details.
3. 3Tell a graphics card apart from integrated graphics — Compare the Graphics row with the GPU name you saw in dxdiag. The official FAQ warns that integrated graphics such as Intel Iris Xe or Intel UHD Graphics may not run the game properly and recommends updating drivers and doing a clean install. Its answer about GPU out-of-memory crashes tells players to check the minimum graphics card and sufficient video memory (6GB), but that is FAQ wording, and the Steam table has no VRAM line.
4. 4Leave real headroom on the install drive — Keep at least 70 GB free on the drive you install to. The listing states required available space, which is not the same as the size the game takes after installation. Steam also carries an optional free High-Resolution Pack as a separate item, so the footprint can vary with patches and optional packs; check that pack size on its store page. If you need to move the game, follow the official help.steampowered.com documentation.
5. 5Look at the official memory option if 16 GB feels tight — Because both tiers list 16 GB of RAM, the headroom is not large. In an April 2025 (Season 2) notice, the official team introduced an experimental PC launcher feature called Switch Shader Compilation Mode. It compiles shaders only when you enter the game after a version or driver update, which cuts memory use, and it warned that materials can look odd early in a new match and that the first render can cause an initial stutter. It recommended the mode to players with 16GB of RAM or less who had suffered severe FPS drops, freezes or frequent crashes in earlier seasons. It is labeled experimental, so confirm in your launcher that it still applies as of September 30, 2026. Detailed graphics options are outside this article.

Pre-install spec checklist

• Re-check the Steam table right before installing against the September 30, 2026 values
• Confirm your Windows version meets the listed 64-bit (1909 or newer) condition
• Open the System tab in dxdiag and confirm DirectX 12
• Confirm your GPU is not integrated graphics and see whether it sits nearer the minimum or recommended models
• Confirm you have 16 GB of RAM and that other programs are not eating memory
• Check 70 GB free on the install drive, whether it is an SSD, and space for recording files

Room to run the game and a recorder together

The table describes the game running alone; the official listing does not assume a recorder running beside it. Even a PC that matches the recommended tier therefore has to be tested for how much headroom is left with recording on, and recording files need their own storage on top of the 70 GB. DOR, a free Windows app, detects Marvel Rivals automatically and records the full match to mp4. On an NVIDIA graphics card it uses NVENC hardware encoding by default, so encoding is handed to separate encoding hardware rather than the part that draws the game, and it captures game audio and your microphone at the same time. For this game DOR supports full-match auto recording only, with no automatic highlight clips, so you trim the moments you want in the library trimmer or in the browser editor DOR Studio and share them as a dor.gg link. Ways to keep highlight moments are covered in saving Marvel Rivals highlights.

Official sources and check date

All spec values come from the system requirements on the Marvel Rivals Steam store page, checked on September 30, 2026, and they may change. The integrated graphics warning, the SSD advice and the 6GB mention are from the official launch-period FAQ, and the shader compilation mode is from the April 2025 official notice.