Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
- Developer
- DON'T NOD
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- 01 February 2022
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £33.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: adventure
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
Best gaming PC for Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered 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 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- 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 Square Enix 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 10 | Windows 10 |
| CPU | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.2 GHz / Intel Core i3-2100, 3.1 GHz | AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i3-4130, 3.4 GHz |
| RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| GPU | Radeon R7 250x, 1 GB / GeForce GTX 460, 1 GB | Radeon RX 560, 2 GB / GeForce GTX 1050, 2 GB |
| Storage | 23 GB | 23 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i3-4130, 3.4 GHz and your GPU is at or above Radeon RX 560, 2 GB / GeForce GTX 1050, 2 GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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