Crimson Desert releases in mid-March for PC and console. Players say: The game requires less performance than a new LEGO game.
With Crimson Desert releasing on March 19, 2026, an extensive action-adventure for PC and consoles. The PC version of Crimson Desert has made a good impression so far, according to testers, which many players are already looking forward to.
Moreover, some users have now noticed: The system requirements for Crimson Desert are lower than those of the new LEGO game, which is set to release at the end of May 2026 (via Reddit.com).
New LEGO Batman needs better technology than Crimson Desert
Which LEGO game is it about? Specifically, it is about LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, a typical action-adventure from TT Games with typical LEGO humor. However, the surprisingly high system requirements that the LEGO game brings with it are striking: A minimum of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT is specified, and an RTX 3080 or RX 6800 XT is even recommended. Until recently, the requirements were somewhat higher, but the developer lowered the system requirements for the game in light of RAM prices.
How does it look with Crimson Desert? Here the requirements are somewhat lower, but the memory demand increases significantly: The action-adventure from Pearl Abyss requires three times as much memory as LEGO: Batman.
| Crimson Desert (Recommended) | LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (Recommended) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | RX 6700 XT or RTX 2080 | RX 6800 XT or RTX 3080 |
| CPU | Ryzen 5 5600 or Intel i5-11600K | Rryzen 7 7700X or Intel i7-12700K |
| RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 150 GB, SSD required | 50 GB, SSD required |
What information is missing? In principle, we do not know for which graphical quality and resolution the recommended settings of LEGO Batman stand. In contrast, this is known for Crimson Desert, where we get medium quality in Full HD. Therefore, one should consider the comparison with slight skepticism.
Anyway, some users explain that they are still skeptical about how well the game will really run in the end. For example, a player writes on Reddit: “To call a game optimized before it has even been released. Amazing how gullible people are here” and another warns that Cyberpunk 2077 was similarly hyped a few years ago and the game technically ran anything but smoothly.
Crimson Desert has quietly added a note on the Steam shop page that the new action-adventure will use the Denuvo copy protection. You can now find the clear indication on Steam: Crimson Desert quietly adds a feature and players are now worried about performance
