Live A Live
- Developer
- Square Enix Creative Business Unit II
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- 22 July 2022
- Age rating
- PEGI 12
- UK price
- £39.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Genres: role playing rpg , adventure
Previously unreleased outside of Japan, the RPG game Live a Live is releasing on the Nintendo Switch system in the HD-2D style! Seven different stories featuring different protagonists, time periods, and gameplay styles await. In The Wild West, a wanderer with a bounty on his head fights for his life. In the Twilight of Edo Japan, a shinobi undertakes a secret mission. Experience these tales in any order you choose, the adventure is yours to control. What other stories will you uncover on the horizon...?
Best gaming PC for Live A Live in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Live A Live 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 / 11 64-bit | Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit |
| CPU | AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210 | AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i5-3330 |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 | AMD Radeon™ RX 470 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (3GB) |
| Storage | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 13 September 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Live A Live?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i5-3330 and your GPU is at or above AMD Radeon™ RX 470 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (3GB), you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.