Life is Strange: True Colors
- Developer
- Deck Nine
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- 10 September 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £49.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, 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 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 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 18 May 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, see the tier picks above.
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