Metro Exodus: System requirements Metro Exodus Guide and Walkthrough

Last update: 25 January 2022

Here you can learn the minimal and recommended system specs for the PC version of Metro Exodus. We also discuss in great detail the enhancements of the Enhanced Edition.

Metro Exodus: Minimal PC system requirements - low settings
Metro Exodus: Recommended PC system requirements - high settings
Metro Exodus: PC system requirements - ultra quality
Metro Exodus: PC system requirements - extreme quality
Metro Exodus and Ray Tracking
Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition - key info
Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition - system requirements

Metro Exodus: Minimal PC system requirements - low settings

OS: Windows 7/8/10
Processor: Intel Core i5-4440
RAM memory: 8 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon HD 7870
GPU memory: 2 GB
DirectX: 11/12

These specs should ensure 30 FPS @1080p.

Metro Exodus: Recommended PC system requirements - high settings

OS: Windows 7/8/10
Processor: Intel Core i5-4440
RAM memory: 8 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / RTX 2060 / AMD RX Vega 56
GPU memory: 8 GB
DirectX: 12

These specs should ensure 60 FPS @1080p.

Metro Exodus: PC system requirements - ultra quality

OS: Windows 7/8/10
Processor: Intel Core i5-4440
RAM memory: 16 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti / RTX 2070 / AMD RX Vega 64
GPU memory: 8 GB
DirectX: 12

These specs should ensure 60 FPS @1080p.

Metro Exodus: PC system requirements - extreme quality

OS: Windows 7/8/10
Processor: Intel Core i5-4440
RAM memory: 16 GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GPU memory: 11 GB
DirectX: 12

These specs should ensure 60 FPS @1080p.

Metro Exodus and Ray Tracking

Metro Exodus with ray tracing enabled allows you to play at 50 frames per second at 1080p resolution. This means that the game will run smoothly despite the very demanding graphics settings. However, this option will work so smoothly only on the most powerful model of the GeForce RTX series graphics card - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti.

We would like to remind you that this option will not work with older models of graphics cards or other brands of cards. Weaker GeForce RTX models will support this technology, but will probably not be able to render it smoothly.

Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition - key info

Metro Exodus got an Enhanced Edition in May 2021. It was prepared for the PC and is free to all owners of PC Metro Exodus. It's key features include:

Full support of the DLSS 2.0 technology,
Enhanced support of ray tracing technology with all additional features like Advanced Ray Traced Reflections.

Tu use ray tracing in Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition you need a GPU capable of the technology. This means a GPU like Nvidia GeForce RTX 2000 / AMD RX 6700 and better.

Metro Exodus: Enhanced Edition - system requirements

Below, you can find different system configurations that will let you play Metro Exodus according to selected resolution and number of frames per second. These are the default presets offered by the game, which you can further adjust to your liking.