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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

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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.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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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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