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 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 / 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 16 July 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, see the tier picks above.