Can I Run Life is Strange: Double Exposure?
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is an action adventure game from Deck Nine Games, released in 2024. Square Enix published it. The game supports a single player campaign. Windows is the only supported platform, which is what the figures below describe. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. Completionists have 34 achievements to work through. A gamepad works without remapping, since controller support is complete. Over 7 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. An age check at 17 sits in front of the store page. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD FX-6300 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB / AMD Radeon RX 470, 4GB |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super, 8GB / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, 12GB |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| RAM | 12 GB |
| Storage | 25 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit |
| DirectX | 12 |
Verified from Steam · 9 Jul 2026 source
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Setting and environment
The game takes place in a mystery to unpick. There are 8 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a third person view.
Why Life is Strange: Double Exposure is demanding
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is a heavy title. Its NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super target scores above the RTX 3060 we measure against, so anything meaningfully slower is making compromises rather than running Life is Strange: Double Exposure properly. DirectX 12 is named, so Life is Strange: Double Exposure expects a graphics driver and card from the modern era rather than merely a fast one. Life is Strange: Double Exposure needs 64 bit Windows. The 8 GB VRAM figure quietly excludes a lot of 6 GB hardware that would otherwise cope. Life is Strange: Double Exposure needs only 12 GB of RAM. Life is Strange: Double Exposure takes about 25 GB of disk space, SSD specified. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Life is Strange: Double Exposure scales hard with the hardware you give it.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Life is Strange: Double Exposure?
Older hardware holds up here: Life is Strange: Double Exposure runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB / AMD Radeon RX 470, 4GB enough to meet the minimum. Add 12 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Below the bar | 0.86x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.48x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.21x |
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 | Playable |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Below minimum |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Below minimum |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs well |
Each card is compared against Life is Strange: Double Exposure'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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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Life is Strange: Double Exposure?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Life is Strange: Double Exposure?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD FX-6300; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB / AMD Radeon RX 470, 4GB; 12 GB RAM; OS: Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit.
How much storage does Life is Strange: Double Exposure need?
Life is Strange: Double Exposure needs about 25 GB of SSD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Life is Strange: Double Exposure?
The RTX 3060 runs Life is Strange: Double Exposure well, meeting the title's GPU requirement.
What is the bottleneck for Life is Strange: Double Exposure?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Life is Strange: Double Exposure is the GPU.