Shenmue III
- Developer
- Ys Net
- Publisher
- Shibuya Productions
- Released
- 19 November 2019
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £24.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC
Genres: fighting , role playing rpg , hack and slash beat em up , adventure
Shenmue III is an action-adventure video game and the sequel to the 2001 game Shenmue II. It follows teenage martial artist Ryo Hazuki in his quest to find his father's killer in 1980s China. In 2015, Suzuki launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to help fund Shenmue III and the campaign met its initial target of $2 million USD in under eight hours. The campaign ended in July having raised over $6 million, becoming the most funded video game in Kickstarter history.
Best gaming PC for Shenmue III in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Shenmue III 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 Shibuya Productions 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 7×64 / Windows 8×64 / Windows 10×64 (64-bit OS Required) | Windows 10 (64-bit OS Required) |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4460 (3.40 GHz) or better; Quad-core or better | Intel Core i7-7700 (3.60 GHz) |
| RAM | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti or better (DirectX 11 card & VRAM 2GB Required) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 |
| Storage | 100 GB | 100 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Shenmue III?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-7700 (3.60 GHz) and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.