Can I Run Lisa: The Painful?
Lisa: The Painful is an adventure indie game from Dingaling Productions, released in 2014. Serenity Forge published it. The game supports a single player campaign. A pad covers most of the game, though parts of it still expect a keyboard. It is old enough that no current GPU generation existed when it shipped, so modern hardware tends to be far past what it can use. With more than 13 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Metacritic places it at 77. It carries 68 achievements. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Steam lists support for 12 languages. It is not Windows only, with macOS and Linux covered too.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel® Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz equivalent or faster processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | 1024 x 768 pixels or higher desktop resolution |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 1 GB |
| OS | Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 (32-bit/64-bit) |
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Setting and environment
The game takes place in a world after its collapse. The publisher supplies 10 storefront screenshots of these environments. Play is presented in two dimensions.
Why Lisa: The Painful is demanding
System memory expectations are modest at 1 GB. Lisa: The Painful needs 64 bit Windows. The install is small at roughly 1 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Lisa: The Painful?
Lisa: The Painful targets a mainstream modern PC: 1024 x 768 pixels or higher desktop resolution and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Lisa: The Painful?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Lisa: The Painful?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel® Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz equivalent or faster processor; GPU: 1024 x 768 pixels or higher desktop resolution; 1 GB RAM; OS: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 (32-bit/64-bit).
How much storage does Lisa: The Painful need?
Lisa: The Painful needs about 1 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Lisa: The Painful?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Lisa: The Painful is the CPU.