Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Developer
- BioWare
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Released
- 31 October 2024
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £49.99
Platforms: PC
Genres: role playing rpg , strategy , adventure
Select from different races and combat classes, customize your appearance, choose your character’s backstory and begin your journey as Rook, Dragon Age’s newest hero. Select from three classes (Warrior, Mage, and Rogue), each with two distinct weapon types and unique abilities you can select between mid-combat. Experience new strategic depth as you combine fast-paced attacks, parries, and dodges with the companion ability wheel to exploit enemy weaknesses and seize victory with devastating combat combos. The Veilguard contains several different factions, any of these could prove to be important ally during the story. Your faction choice will influence Rook's backstory, conversation options and more.
Best gaming PC for Dragon Age: The Veilguard in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Dragon Age: The Veilguard today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 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 Electronic Arts 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 | 64 bit Windows 10 / 11 | 64 bit Windows 10 / 11 |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X* (see notes) | Intel Core i9-9900K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X* (see notes) |
| RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 970/1650 / AMD Radeon R9 290X | NVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700XT |
| Storage | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Dragon Age: The Veilguard?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i9-9900K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X* (see notes) and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD Radeon RX 5700XT, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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