Games you can play with a Intel Core i5-6400

Well above the recommended CPU - expect a comfortable 1080p experience with headroom.

• Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
• Dying Light
• Paladins®
• Human Fall Flat
• Life is Strange 2
• Street Warriors Online
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
• The Elder Scrolls® Online
• Black Desert
• Europa Universalis IV
• Battlefield™ 1
• DARK SOULS™ III
• Stumble Guys
• Assassin's Creed® Odyssey
• Devil May Cry 5
• Cuphead
• DOOM
• Resident Evil 2
• Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
• Tom Clancy’s The Division™
• Just Cause™ 3
• Tomb Raider Game of the Year
• Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
• Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
• APB Reloaded
• Infestation: The New Z
• Evolve Stage 2
• Realm Royale Reforged
• Killing Floor 2
• DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance
• Warhammer: Vermintide 2
• Overcooked! 2
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
• Total War: SHOGUN 2
• DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
• Batman™: Arkham Knight
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
• Total War: ATTILA
• Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
• FIFA 22
• State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
• Mortal Kombat 11
• Fallout Shelter
• Golf With Your Friends
• Watch_Dogs® 2
• This War of Mine
• Planet Coaster

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Meets or beats the recommended CPU - the intended experience at 1080p.

• Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
• Dead by Daylight
• VRChat
• Left 4 Dead 2
• ARK: Survival Evolved
• Rocket League®
• Monster Hunter: World
• Risk of Rain 2
• Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
• Last Epoch
• Path of Exile
• Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
• Warface: Clutch
• NBA 2K20
• Hearts of Iron IV
• RimWorld
• Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
• It Takes Two
• Hollow Knight
• MONSTER HUNTER RISE
• Hades
• Portal 2
• Total War: WARHAMMER II
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• MultiVersus
• Stellaris
• TCG Card Shop Simulator
• Cult of the Lamb
• Inscryption
• Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
• TEKKEN 7
• Sniper Elite 4
• DRAGON BALL FighterZ
• Remnant: From the Ashes
• A Way Out
• METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
• Ryse: Son of Rome
• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
• World War 3
• Life is Strange: Before the Storm
• Spellbreak
• Diablo® IV
• GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
• DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT
• Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
• DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2
• Train Simulator Classic

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Clears the minimum CPU but not the recommended one - playable with reduced settings.

• Counter-Strike 2
• PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
• Apex Legends™
• NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
• DayZ
• Warframe
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• Destiny 2
• Euro Truck Simulator 2
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
• Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
• eFootball™
• Satisfactory
• Fallout 4
• Phasmophobia
• Battlefield™ V
• Fall Guys
• War Robots: Frontiers
• Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
• Eternal Return
• Forza Horizon 5
• SCUM
• Deep Rock Galactic
• Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
• Ready or Not
• Resident Evil 4
• Crossout
• FOR HONOR™
• God of War
• Stray
• PlanetSide 2
• HITMAN™ 2
• KurtzPel
• The Cycle: Frontier
• Street Fighter™ 6
• Crusader Kings III
• Enshrouded
• American Truck Simulator
• Farming Simulator 22
• The Outlast Trials
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
• Borderlands 3
• HITMAN World of Assassination
• Supermarket Simulator
• Detroit: Become Human
• Red Dead Online

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Below the stated minimum CPU - likely to struggle even at low settings.

• Rust
• Call of Duty®
• HELLDIVERS™ 2
• War Thunder
• R.E.P.O.
• ELDEN RING
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Palworld
• Path of Exile 2
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Cities: Skylines
• Arma 3
• Hunt: Showdown 1896
• Lethal Company
• Hogwarts Legacy
• New World: Aeternum
• Raft
• Sons Of The Forest
• Battlefield™ 2042
• Halo Infinite
• EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23
• Z1 Battle Royale
• EA SPORTS FC™ 25
• BeamNG.drive
• V Rising
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
• Conan Exiles Enhanced
• EA SPORTS FC™ 24
• SCP: Secret Laboratory
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
• Fishing Planet
• DOOM Eternal
• War Robots
• Titanfall® 2
• ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
• ARK: Survival Ascended
• STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II
• Fallout 76
• Gray Zone Warfare
• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
• Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
• Split Fiction
• Cities: Skylines II
• Persona 5 Royal

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FAQ

How many games can a Intel Core i5-6400 run?

Of 3,151 games with usable CPU requirements, 2383 run on a Intel Core i5-6400 (1600 at their recommended settings), and 768 fall below the minimum.

Is the Intel Core i5-6400 still good enough for modern games?

For most titles, yes - it meets the recommended CPU spec more often than not.