Life is Strange: Before the Storm
- Developer
- Deck Nine
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- 31 August 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £13.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC, macOS, Xbox One
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
Best gaming PC for Life is Strange: Before the Storm in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Life is Strange: Before the Storm 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
- 16 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 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 7 / above (64-bit Operating System Required) | Windows 10 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz) or AMD Phenom X4 945 (3.0GHz) | Intel Core i3-6100 (3.7GHz) or AMD Athlon X4 845 (3.5GHz) |
| RAM | 3 GB | 6 GB |
| GPU | AMD Radeon R7 250 or NVIDIA Geforce GTX 650 | AMD Radeon RX 460 or NVIDIA Geforce 1050 |
| Storage | 14 GB | 14 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Life is Strange: Before the Storm?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i3-6100 (3.7GHz) and your GPU is at or above AMD Radeon RX 460, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.