Life is Strange: True Colors
- Developer
- Deck Nine
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- 10 September 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £49.99
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: adventure
Life is Strange is a series of award-winning and critically-acclaimed narrative adventure games. Discover a universe where everyday heroes wield supernatural powers, while dealing with real challenges, real relationships, and real emotions. It's our world... with a twist of the strange. No matter your choices, the experience will stay with you forever. Deep in the mountains of Colorado, you'll find Haven Springs, a small mining town filled with beauty and mystery. As Alex, you'll discover the shocking secrets behind your brother’s death in an emotional roller-coaster of an adventure, using your psychic power of Empathy to change fate and change lives.
Best gaming PC for Life is Strange: True Colors in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Life is Strange: True Colors 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 10 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit |
| CPU | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.40 GHz / Intel Core i5-2300, 2.80 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.00 GHz / Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20 GHz |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Radeon HD 7790, 2 GB / GeForce GTX 750Ti, 2 GB | Radeon RX 590, 8 GB / GeForce GTX 1060, 6 GB |
| Storage | 30 GB | 30 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Life is Strange: True Colors?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD FX-8350, 4.00 GHz / Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20 GHz and your GPU is at or above Radeon RX 590, 8 GB / GeForce GTX 1060, 6 GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.