DayZ
- Developer
- Bohemia Interactive
- Publisher
- Bohemia Interactive
- Released
- 13 December 2018
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £39.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Genres: shooter , role playing rpg , simulator , tactical , adventure , indie
DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what. How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ, this is your story.
Best gaming PC for DayZ in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for DayZ today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Bohemia Interactive on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 / 11 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4430 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core | Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD R5 1600X |
| RAM | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD R9 270X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 or AMD RX 580 |
| Storage | 25 GB | 30 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run DayZ?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5-6600K and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.