God of War Ragnarök (PC)

When Santa Monica Studio reshaped God of War in 2018, it wasn’t just about changing the combat system or the camera. It was about changing how players saw Kratos. For years, he was rage given form—tearing through gods like they were obstacles in his way. Then the story slowed down, and there was a boy at his side. Suddenly the battles carried weight beyond blood. Ragnarök picks up that thread and pulls it tighter.

On PC, the impact feels different. The visuals are sharper, the combat heavier, and every strike lands with startling clarity. Jetpack Interactive didn’t just move the game from console to keyboard—they rebuilt it with modern hardware in mind. From true 4K to ultrawide displays, DLSS and FSR support, and even haptic feedback if you use a DualSense, it’s been tuned to pull you deeper in.

But the technology is just the shell. What sits at the core is the balance between brutality and intimacy—a story about gods and monsters that is really about family, prophecy, and the impossible choices between them.

Game Story

The first thing you notice is the cold. Fimbulwinter has settled like a curse, locking the Nine Realms in ice and shadow. Kratos and Atreus aren’t walking into glory—they’re trudging into a storm they can’t escape.

Atreus is searching. He wants to know what it means to be “Loki,” what the prophecies demand, and why fate keeps circling his name. Kratos has no answers. He only has warnings. He’s lived long enough to know that destiny leaves nothing but ruin in its wake, and his instinct is to keep the boy alive—even if it means silence, even if it means lying by omission.

That tension drives them through landscapes that feel like fragments of legend: a lake fractured by giant’s magic, forests where the trees seem to lean in to listen, deserts that carry whispers of old gods. Every realm has weight, and none of it feels safe.

Combat reflects that same urgency. The Leviathan Axe crashes with a satisfying crunch, the Blades of Chaos lash through enemies with fire and fury, shields slam with a force that rattles your hands. Even small encounters can drag you into the kind of fight where every dodge matters, every parry is a risk. And always in the distance, Asgard looms—gathering strength, sharpening blades, certain that Ragnarök cannot be stopped.

But what lingers as much as the battles are the silences. The moments around a fire where neither father nor son speaks. The way Kratos grips the axe just a little tighter after a hard truth. Those quiet beats sit alongside the spectacle, reminding you this is a story about survival as much as it is about war.

The bundled Valhalla expansion pushes that idea further. Instead of fighting gods or monsters, Kratos walks into a mirror. Roguelite-inspired runs test his skill, yes, but more than that, they confront his regrets, his past, and the pieces of himself that no blade can cut down. With Mimir at his side, the conversations turn personal, and you see Kratos not as a god, but as a man wrestling with who he’s been—and who he might become.

System Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 2004 or later – Build 19041)

• Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD Ryzen 3 1200

• Memory: 8 GB RAM

• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB), AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 GB), or Intel Arc A750

• DirectX: Version 12

• Storage: 190 GB available space

Recommended:

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (Version 2004 or later – Build 19041)

• Processor: Intel Core i5-8600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600

• Memory: 16 GB RAM

• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB), AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 GB), or Intel Arc A750

• DirectX: Version 12

• Storage: 190 GB available space

Languages Supported

• Audio: English, Italian, Japanese, German, Greek, French, Arabic, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Europe), Russian, Polish

• Text: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Europe), Russian, Polish, Arabic, Dutch, Hungarian, Czech, Turkish, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Greek, Croatian