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Life is Strange 2

DONTNOD Entertainment · Square Enix · 2018-09-26

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Adventure

Franchise: Life is Strange · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 27, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 27, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Feb 02, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2018 (Linux), Sep 26, 2018 (Mac)

After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.

211
playing now
87%
positive of 41k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (317 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 17h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

211 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Life Is Strange 2 is a 2018 episodic adventure game in the Life is Strange series, developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. The game's plot features Mexican-American brothers Sean and Daniel as they travel along the US West Coast as fugitives from the police after the younger brother discovers his telekinetic abilities. In the game, which is played from a third-person perspective, Sean must make crucial decisions that will lead to different branches in the storyline, while serving as a surrogate parent for Daniel.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 211 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,605 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~451/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$31.95

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2019-11-10) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $31.95 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $29.96 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.4k2.4k20182026Week of 2018-09-01: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 788 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,437 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 438 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 950 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 538 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

48802026-08-06 21:00 — 267 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 121 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 167 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 237 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 122 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 188 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 296 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 153 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 202 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 312 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 135 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 199 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 260 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 120 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 201 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 271 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 142 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 220 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 488 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 183 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 203 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 323 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 197 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 269 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 184 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 112 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 228 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 211 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002018-06-252026-08-272018-06-25 — best price $39.752018-11-21 — best price $3.992018-12-06 — best price $3.992018-12-20 — best price $3.992019-01-14 — best price $3.992019-02-04 — best price $3.992019-02-23 — best price $3.992019-03-20 — best price $3.992019-04-04 — best price $3.992019-06-21 — best price $3.992019-07-26 — best price $3.992019-09-10 — best price $2.792019-10-11 — best price $2.792019-10-24 — best price $2.792019-10-28 — best price $2.792019-11-10 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-02-27 — best price $1.992020-03-18 — best price $1.992020-05-01 — best price $1.992020-05-21 — best price $1.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992020-07-24 — best price $1.992020-10-05 — best price $0.002022-01-18 — best price $31.962026-08-27 — best price $31.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5461942026-05-30 — 298 pageviews2026-06-02 — 300 pageviews2026-06-05 — 327 pageviews2026-06-08 — 294 pageviews2026-06-11 — 279 pageviews2026-06-14 — 282 pageviews2026-06-17 — 396 pageviews2026-06-20 — 260 pageviews2026-06-23 — 271 pageviews2026-06-26 — 305 pageviews2026-06-29 — 302 pageviews2026-07-02 — 287 pageviews2026-07-05 — 308 pageviews2026-07-08 — 301 pageviews2026-07-11 — 286 pageviews2026-07-14 — 257 pageviews2026-07-17 — 242 pageviews2026-07-20 — 284 pageviews2026-07-23 — 252 pageviews2026-07-26 — 260 pageviews2026-07-29 — 268 pageviews2026-08-01 — 280 pageviews2026-08-04 — 219 pageviews2026-08-07 — 211 pageviews2026-08-10 — 252 pageviews2026-08-13 — 233 pageviews2026-08-16 — 294 pageviews2026-08-19 — 219 pageviews2026-08-22 — 231 pageviews2026-08-25 — 240 pageviews2026-08-27 — 200 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3802026-08-28 01:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 15 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
46%
earned "Sketchy"
12.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone6 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)42,98345%47
Steam (Steam)18,81319%46
Xbox One (Xbox)18,49130%47
Switch (Nintendo)1170%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

DramaLGBTQ+MysteryEpisodicAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerThird PersonPoint & Click

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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