Batman: Arkham City — System Requirements, FPS Estimate & Settings

2011 · Action · Rocksteady Studios · ESRB Teen · Metacritic 94

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Official system requirements

Official system requirements for Batman: Arkham City are not yet indexed on GameFigs. Check the publisher's store page for the authoritative Minimum / Recommended specs. Based on its release era and genre, our demand model places it at tier 2 (Light (entry discrete GPU)).

Multi-GPU FPS estimate

Estimated average FPS by GPU at 1080p / 1440p / 4K, derived from Batman: Arkham City's demand tier (tier 2, Light (entry discrete GPU)) and published TechPowerUp-style relative-performance indices (RTX 4090 = 100), retrieved 2026-08-29. Planning estimates, not benchmarks.

GPU1080p1440p4K
RTX 4090392259149
RTX 4080 Super351232134
RTX 4080338223128
RX 7900 XTX375248143
RX 7900 XT351232134
RTX 4070 Ti Super300198114
RX 7800 XT300198114
RTX 4070 Super282186107
RTX 4070264175101
RX 7700 XT272179103
RTX 307024716394
RX 6800 XT296196113
RTX 4060 Ti21714383
RX 6700 XT264175101
RTX 306019913176
RX 6600 XT22514885
RTX 206018011968
GTX 1660 Super1499857
RX 58017211465
GTX 1060 6GB1419353
GTX 16501127443
Intel Arc A77022815187
UHD 770 (integrated)463017

Method: a game's demand tier maps to a “GPU index needed for ~60 FPS at 1080p”; each GPU's relative index produces an estimate via a diminishing-returns curve, then scaled for resolution. Source: TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), 2026-08-29.

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This is a planning estimate derived from the game's demand tier, not a benchmark.

My Batman: Arkham City Settings Card

Preset: Ultra · Est. 47–65 FPS @ 1080p
Preset recommendationUltra
Expected FPS band47–65 FPS
Target refresh60 Hz
UpscalerDLSS/FSR not needed at this resolution
Ray tracingRT optional — raster first
Frame capYour estimated range (47–65 FPS) partially meets 60 Hz — drop one preset step or enable the upscaler to hold it.

Generated at GameFigs on 2026-09-25. Game demand tier: 2/9.

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Release & version notes

Official release date: 2011-10-18. Ongoing patches and version history are published by the developer — for the latest patch notes, see the official store or support page. GameFigs summarizes the official release only and does not invent patch dates.

Horror

About Batman: Arkham City

The plot of Arkham City begins one and a half years after the events of Arkham Asylum. Quincy Sharp, former superintendent of the Arkham Psychiatric Hospital, became mayor of Gotham and created the prison "Arkham City". Prisoners of Arkham City are not controlled by anyone in its borders, they are only forbidden from running away ... There are all the regular characters in the game - Joker, Two-Face, Catwoman, Ra's al Ghul, James Gordon and others. Each villain individually and all of them together give Batman difficult tasks that move the game forward. Arkham City has an open world. All gadgets from Arkham Asylum are available to the player from the very beginning. Many of them are improved, there are also new ones. The game has a "Detective mode" - the skeletons of enemies are highlighted, it is possible to conduct various examinations, for example, tracking the flight of a sniper's bullet. There is also access to a database that tracks villains in the city. At a certain point in the story, you can play as a Catwoman. She has an analogue of "Detective Mode" - "Mode of the thief". The visual decision and soundtrack are very atmospheric, soft, but give a clear sense of gloom and horror, entirely in the spirit of the plot and characters.

● Data updated 2026-08-29

Sources & attribution

  • Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
  • GPU relative-performance indices via TechPowerUp GPU database (relative performance), retrieved 2026-08-29.
  • FPS estimates on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the demand-tier + GPU-index model — not benchmark results.
How the Batman: Arkham City optimization card & FPS estimate are computed

Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). The FPS estimate compares your selected GPU's relative-performance index against the tier's required index using a diminishing-returns curve, then scales for resolution. The settings card maps the demand tier and your hardware to a starting preset, an FPS band and an upscaler recommendation. All outputs are planning guides — verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.

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