Not yet measured
Life is Strange - Episode 1 — system requirements & benchmark status
This game is in the catalog, but no published review benchmarks have been collected for it yet — so this page carries no frame-rate numbers, no verdicts and no estimates. Below are the publisher's own system requirements and what they say about the hardware the game targets. A game joins the calculator only when published review benchmarks cover both its CPU and GPU sides.
Developer: DONTNOD Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Publisher: Square Enix, Feral interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Released: Jan 29, 2015 · Genres: Action, Adventure
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).
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System requirements — Life is Strange - Episode 1
As published by the publisher on Steam (checked 4 November 2026). Requirements are the publisher's target figures, not measurements — they describe the hardware the developer aims at, not the frame rate any part delivers.
| Component | Minimum (Steam) | Recommended (Steam) |
|---|---|---|
| OS * | Windows Vista | Windows 7 |
| Processor | Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent | Dual Core 3.0GHz or equivalent |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Graphics | ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM (not recommended for Intel HD Graphics cards) | ATI or NVidia card w/ 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or ATI HD 4890) |
| DirectX | Version 9.0 | Version 9.0 |
| Storage | 5 GB available space | 14 GB available space |
Hardware demand level
Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the minimum requirements above (integrated graphics). The demand level classifies the publisher's published requirements only; it is not a benchmark result and predicts no frame rate.
Benchmark status
Not yet measured. Bottleneck Verdict adds a game to the calculator when published review benchmarks cover both sides at the game's highest settings, native resolution, no upscaling — the same bar the measured games met. Until then this page claims no performance figures for Life is Strange - Episode 1.
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