Killzone PC Requirements: PCSX2 or RPCS3

Running Killzone on a computer

A console game runs on a computer through an emulator, so the hardware it needs is the emulator's. You still need your own copy of the game.

PCSX2 emulates PlayStation 2.

OS: Latest Windows 10, macOS 11 (Big Sur), Ubuntu 22.04 or other Linux distro
Processor: x86-64 with SSE4.1, two physical cores with SMT, PassMark single-thread rating ≥ 1500
Graphics: Vulkan 1.1, Direct3D 11 or OpenGL 3.3, PassMark G3D Mark rating ≥ 600
Memory: 8 GB RAM

OS: Windows 11, macOS 14–15 (Sonoma–Sequoia), Ubuntu 26.04 or other Linux distro
Processor: x86-64 with AVX2, four physical cores, PassMark single-thread rating ≥ 2000
Graphics: Vulkan 1.3, Direct3D 12, OpenGL 4.6 or Metal, PassMark G3D Mark rating ≥ 6000, 4 GB VRAM
Memory: 16 GB RAM

Hardware requirements can vary drastically between games; slower hardware may work but playability and performance are not guaranteed.

Source: https://pcsx2.net/docs/setup/requirements, read on 2026-09-08.

RPCS3 emulates PlayStation 3.

OS: Windows 10, Windows 11; Linux 6.6 (Older LTS), Ubuntu 22.04 or later; macOS 15 or later; FreeBSD 14.4 or later
Processor: Any x64 CPU, AMD or Intel; CPUs without AVX2 or with 4 threads or less should perform badly, as should AMD CPUs with 2 cores per CCX
Graphics: AMD: OpenGL 4.3 or newer running on Linux, TeraScale architecture (HD 2000 series) or newer; NVIDIA: OpenGL 4.3 or newer, Fermi architecture (GTX 400 series) or newer; Intel: Vulkan 1.2 or newer, Alchemist architecture (A series) or newer
Memory: 8 GB of RAM or more; single-channel memory should perform badly
Storage: SSD or HDD storage for emulator data and games: 512 MB for base emulator data, 128 MB for emulator cache and console user data per installed game, plus a highly variable dev_hdd1 virtual console cache per installed game
Notes: For being able to boot/run games, performance is not guaranteed.

OS: Windows 11 25H2 or later; Linux with latest stable or latest LTS kernel; macOS 15 or later; FreeBSD 14.4+, 15.0+ or later
Processor: AMD: 6 cores and 12 threads or more, Zen 3 architecture or newer; Intel: 6 cores and 12 threads, 8 cores or more, Comet Lake architecture or newer
Graphics: Vulkan 1.2 compatible with active driver support — AMD: RDNA architecture (RX 5000 series) or newer; NVIDIA: Turing architecture (RTX 2000 series) or newer; Intel: not recommended, Intel GPUs and drivers are currently unsupported
Memory: 16 GB of dual-channel RAM or more; memory in dual-channel mode is highly recommended over single-channel
Storage: SSD storage for emulator data, SSD or HDD storage for games: 512 MB for base emulator data, 128 MB for emulator cache and console user data per installed game, plus a highly variable dev_hdd1 virtual console cache per installed game
Notes: For running all playable games with playable performance.

Hardware requirements vary depending on your configuration; the project guarantees no good performance below the recommended tier.

Source: https://rpcs3.net/quickstart, read on 2026-09-12.

Platforms: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3.