Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis PC system requirements are out, and Denuvo DRM is confirmed ahead of its 2027 launch

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has had its PC system requirements revealed on Steam ahead of its February 12, 2027 launch. The listing also confirms the game will ship with Denuvo anti-tamper DRM. We have known about the game for a while, but a new trailer shown at Sony's State of Play and official requirements shared by Amazon Game Studios give us a clearer picture of what to expect.

The minimum specifications are reasonable for a 2027 release, requiring an Intel Core i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 16GB of RAM, and either a GTX 1070 8GB, RTX 2060 Super, or AMD RX 5700. The recommended tier steps up to an Intel Core i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, paired with an RTX 3080 or AMD RX 6800 XT. Both tiers require 80GB of storage.

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One caveat worth flagging is that neither tier specifies a target resolution, graphics preset, or frame rate. Given that Legacy of Atlantis is built on Unreal Engine 5, an engine that leans heavily on upscaling, these specs likely assume DLSS or FSR rather than native rendering. That means the RTX 3080 and RX 6800 XT recommendations may not represent native 1080p or 1440p performance, and players on popular mainstream GPUs like the RTX 5060 could find things trickier than the specs suggest.

The Denuvo confirmation has already drawn the expected reaction from parts of the gaming community, particularly given the ongoing conversation around DRM and its performance impact. IO Interactive's 007 First Light took the same route, and the reception, to put it charitably, was not great, with players publicly calling for pre-order cancellations.

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Denuvo's reputation as the ultimate piracy deterrent has taken some hits lately, so it is interesting to see developers still reaching for it as a last resort, even knowing the backlash that tends to follow. How that plays out for Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis remains to be seen. The game is a reimagining of Lara Croft's 1996 debut, developed by Crystal Dynamics and Flying Wild Hog and published by Amazon Game Studios. It was originally targeting a 2026 release before being pushed to February 2027. More detailed performance information is likely to follow as the launch approaches.