Live a Live

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Developer:
Historia Inc
Publisher:
Square Enix
Release date:
27 April 2023
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (18)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (761)

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About the Game

Purchase Bonus

You will receive a LIVE A LIVE Legends Wallpaper as a free gift for purchasing the game. Thank you for your support!


LIVE A LIVE, originally only released for the Super Famicom in Japan, is being revived on Steam! Experience this legendary RPG, brought to life in the same HD-2D visual style as OCTOPATH TRAVELER.

Meet seven heroes, each with their own unique abilities and lives to live across different time periods. Experience their stories in any order you choose, uncovering shocking developments along the way:

  • Prehistory: A tribesman comes of age in a world without words.
  • The Wild West: A wanderer with a bounty on his head fights for his life.
  • Imperial China: A kung fu master searches for a worthy successor.
  • Twilight of Edo Japan: A shinobi undertakes an important secret mission.
  • Present Day: A martial artist strives to become the strongest there ever was.
  • The Near Future: A youth with psychic powers takes a stand against evil.
  • The Distant Future: A newly built robot is swept up in a tragedy in space.

Featuring remastered music from original composer Yoko Shimomura and produced by Takashi Tokita (the director of the original game), this remake retains everything that players loved about the original while also being accessible to newcomers.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit
Processor:
AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
8 GB available space
Additional Notes:
1280x720, Preset "Low", 30FPS

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows® 10 / 11 64-bit
Processor:
AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i5-3330
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
AMD Radeon™ RX 470 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 (3GB)
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
8 GB available space
Additional Notes:
1920x1080, Preset "Maximum", 60FPS

User reviews

hhLninja
Recommended | 03 May 2026
7.2h played

Recommended, the most reluctant thumbs up I will ever give. I bought this game. That was my first mistake. My second was the sunk cost fallacy chaining me to it like a medieval prisoner who paid for his own shackles.

Helpful: 26
bingle
Recommended | 05 Jun 2026
31.2h played

This game sucks. I am left a broken and changed man. I now have to carry the burden of this game occupying space in my brain. I have to carry the burden of telling everyone I know to experience this game in one way or

Helpful: 12
Jake Muss
Recommended | 14 Apr 2026
30.8h played

(100% Achievements Unlocked / All Endings, Optional Bosses) I never played the original Live A Live on SNES, but when I saw they were doing a remake in the HD-2D style of Octopath Traveler, I knew I had to play it. I

Helpful: 7
NixDuto
Not recommended | 10 Apr 2026
7.8h played

I played two chapters. Each one was just a couple hours long and then you abandon the character/party and move onto the next one. And one of the characters had LONG UNSKIPPABLE attack animations that probably accounts

Helpful: 7
Pud
Recommended | 24 Apr 2026
13.1h played

This is an RPG those with ADD. So far it’s been like 6 different RPG’s with 6 different stories each lasting an hour or two. I haven’t finished it, but I’m hoping it all ties together in the end. It’s definitely a great

Helpful: 3
pareidolon
Recommended | 27 Mar 2026
49.3h played

I came here having played the fan translation of the original game, and the difference between the two is impressive while keeping basically the same designs, layouts etc. Live A Live is a JRPG inspired by movies,

Helpful: 4