Can I Run Telling Lies?
Released in 2019, Telling Lies is an adventure indie game built by Sam Barlow. Publishing duties went to Annapurna Interactive. The game supports a single player campaign. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. It is localised into 12 languages according to the store listing. Its Metacritic score stands at 84. Its 7 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Builds exist for macOS as well as Windows. Completionists have 11 achievements to work through.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | GeForce 8800 or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in a mystery to unpick. Play is structured around spaces built for exploration. 6 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. Play is presented through a point and click interface. That openness is what costs performance. Telling Lies has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves.
Why Telling Lies is demanding
Telling Lies takes about 4 GB of disk space. System memory expectations are modest at 4 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Telling Lies?
Telling Lies targets a mainstream modern PC: GeForce 8800 or equivalent and 4 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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Can my PC run Telling Lies?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Telling Lies?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor; GPU: GeForce 8800 or equivalent; 4 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Telling Lies need?
Telling Lies needs about 4 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Telling Lies?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Telling Lies is the CPU.