Can I Run Life is Strange?
Life is Strange is an adventure game from DONTNOD Entertainment, released in 2018. Square Enix published it. It offers a single player campaign. At 8 years old it targets an older hardware baseline than most buyers now own. Its Steam review count passes 22 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. It is free to play at the base tier. 10 languages are covered by the store listing. Completionists have 46 achievements to work through. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS and Linux. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Progress follows the account through Steam Cloud rather than sitting on one disk.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz) or AMD Phenom X4 945 (3.0GHz) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB |
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Windows 7 or above (64-bit Operating System Required) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5 3470, (3.20 Ghz) or AMD FX-8350, (4.00 Ghz) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 6 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Life is Strange places its action in a mystery to unpick, and the player works through environments built to be read rather than fought through. There are 25 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played through a point and click interface.
Why Life is Strange is demanding
Life is Strange is undemanding on the graphics side. Its Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 target sits well below our RTX 3060 reference, so most cards still in service clear Life is Strange. Disk footprint is light, near 40 GB. At 4 GB, VRAM is a non issue for Life is Strange. Life is Strange needs 64 bit Windows. At 6 GB, system memory is undemanding.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Life is Strange?
Life is Strange targets a mainstream modern PC: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.98x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 1.11x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.49x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Life is Strange's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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What are the minimum system requirements for Life is Strange?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz) or AMD Phenom X4 945 (3.0GHz); GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 7 or above (64-bit Operating System Required).
How much storage does Life is Strange need?
Life is Strange needs about 40 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Life is Strange?
The RTX 3060 runs Life is Strange comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Life is Strange?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Life is Strange is the GPU.