Brutal Legend — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2009 · Strategy, Action · Electronic Arts · Metacritic 80

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My Brutal Legend Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 2/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS:Windows XP SP3 | OS:Windows 7 |
| Memory | Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, or AMD Athlon 64 at 2.2 GHz | Processor:Intel i5 Duo at 2.5 GHz, or AMD FX 3.5 GHz |
| Graphics | Memory:1 GB RAM | Memory:2 GB RAM |
| Storage | Graphics:512 MB GeForce 220, Radeon 4550, Intel HD 3000 Graphics | Graphics:512 MB GeForce 650, Radeon 7000 |
| DirectX | DirectX®:9.0c | DirectX®:9.0c |
| Item 7 | Hard Drive:8 GB HD space | Hard Drive:8 GB HD space |
| Item 8 | Sound:DirectX Compatible Sound Card | Sound:DirectX Compatible Sound Card |
About Brutal Legend
Heavy Metal is a way of life and a world in itself, but Eddie Riggs found the real one, after the accident during a concert left him crushed by the scenery and making the involuntary blood sacrifice to the Ormagöden. The action adventure game with the real-time strategy elements in the open world introduced a star voice cast, compiled by musicians that became prototypes for some of the characters players will encounter during the game. Aside from the main story, players will be able to encounter dozens of side missions that may vary from the defense battles to a race. When using his V-guitar named Clementine, Eddie can cast spells, called Solos, by a simple rhythm game, reminiscent of Guitar Hero. Some story missions are so-called Battles of the Bands, where players will fight the armies in a real-time strategy fashion, and winning by outperforming the enemy band and destroying the stage.
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Tune settings →Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the Brutal Legend optimization card is 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). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.