Just Cause 3 — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2015 · Shooter, Action · Square Enix · ESRB Mature · Metacritic 74

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My Just Cause 3 Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 3/9.
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: Vista SP2 / Windows 7.1 SP1 / Windows 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required) | OS: Vista SP2 / Windows 7.1 SP1 / Windows 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required) |
| Memory | Processor: Intel Core i5-2500k, 3.3GHz / AMD Phenom II X6 1075T 3GHz | Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz |
| Graphics | Memory: 8 GB RAM | Memory: 8 GB RAM |
| Storage | Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 (2GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) | Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3GB) / AMD R9 290 (4GB) |
| DirectX | Storage: 54 GB available space | Storage: 54 GB available space |
About Just Cause 3
Just Cause 3 is an open-world action adventure with the large locus on freedom of exploring. It is the thirds title in the Just Cause series produced by Avalanche Studios, preceded by the first two numerical parts and having the 4th part not yet released as its successor. Rico Rodriguez is the protagonist of the game, who is continually being forced to deal with bandits and dictators somewhere in the Mediterranean. The events of the third game in the series take place 6 years after the second installment. Any game of this category is strongly associated with complete freedom of roaming, and the third part pushes all the metrics up: you now have 1 000 square kilometers of space to wander around and upgraded hook which has allowed you continuously to overcome any obstacle. The grappling hook works like a universal tool: you may drag your enemies closer Skorpion-style, climb mountains and cling to foe's cars. Not only tools but physics provide unique exploring experience — the key word for them is an exaggeration for any event in the game looks like it was cut straight out of an action movie.
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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 Just Cause 3 optimization card is computed
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