Life Below
- Developer
- Megapop
- Publisher
- Kasedo Games
- Released
- 26 May 2026
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £24.99
Platforms: PC
Life Below is a refreshing twist on the city-building genre, set beneath the waves. Shape thriving coral reefs, revive collapsing ecosystems, and grow a living seascape in a heartfelt narrative by Rhianna Pratchett. You are the ocean's final hope.
Best gaming PC for Life Below in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Life Below today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Kasedo Games on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 8 (64-bit) | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| CPU | Intel Core i5-9600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (6 cores or better) | Intel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8 cores or better) |
| RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 1660 / RTX 2060 or AMD RX 5600 XT (8 GB VRAM) | NVIDIA RTX 3060 / AMD RX 6700 XT (12 GB VRAM) |
| Storage | 7 GB | 7 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Life Below?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (8 cores and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA RTX 3060 / AMD RX 6700 XT (12 GB VRAM), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.