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Life is Strange: Before the Storm cover art

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Deck Nine · Square Enix · 2017-08-31

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Life is Strange · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 19, 2018 (iOS), Sep 19, 2018 (Android), Aug 31, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 31, 2017 (Xbox One), Aug 31, 2017 (Mac), Aug 31, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is an Action and Adventure game released in 2017, priced at $16.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 37915 reviews).

34
playing now
93%
positive of 38k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (496 ratings)
28
Nexus mods (8.2k downloads)
4.67★
PlayStation Store rating (35,590 ratings)
80/100
opencritic · strong · 78% recommend · from 48 critics
12h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Life Is Strange: Before the Storm is a 2017 episodic adventure game in the Life is Strange series, developed by Deck Nine and published by Square Enix. It serves as a prequel to the original game, focusing on 16-year-old Chloe Price and her relationship with schoolmate Rachel Amber. Gameplay concerns itself mostly with the use of branching dialogues and interacting with the environment.

Trailer

Life is Strange: Before the Storm trailer thumbnail

Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Gamescom Launch Trailer | PS4

≈444,560 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 547 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,643 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 948k–2.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 37,915 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$16.99
Microsoft Store$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.79 at GreenManGaming (2021-03-02) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 31 of 56 observed days · $14.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 1,483 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1,163 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 541 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

85152026-09-16 04:00 — 29 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 60 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 46 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 54 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 29 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 30 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 54 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 33 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 46 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 32 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 70 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 43 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 23 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 39 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 50 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 32 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 28 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 68 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k4Jun 2017Aug 2026Jun 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2017 — avg 853 · peak 6,613Dec 2017 — avg 1,181 · peak 9,266Mar 2018 — avg 694 · peak 5,596Jun 2018 — avg 429 · peak 1,296Sep 2018 — avg 243 · peak 579Dec 2018 — avg 215 · peak 601Mar 2019 — avg 202 · peak 485Jun 2019 — avg 150 · peak 405Sep 2019 — avg 122 · peak 362Dec 2019 — avg 188 · peak 412Mar 2020 — avg 220 · peak 494Jun 2020 — avg 160 · peak 433Sep 2020 — avg 105 · peak 190Dec 2020 — avg 170 · peak 396Mar 2021 — avg 194 · peak 592Jun 2021 — avg 137 · peak 330Sep 2021 — avg 111 · peak 271Dec 2021 — avg 70 · peak 153Mar 2022 — avg 54 · peak 125Jun 2022 — avg 51 · peak 97Sep 2022 — avg 44 · peak 88Dec 2022 — avg 42 · peak 96Mar 2023 — avg 39 · peak 88Jun 2023 — avg 43 · peak 86Sep 2023 — avg 37 · peak 85Dec 2023 — avg 42 · peak 100Mar 2024 — avg 42 · peak 94Jun 2024 — avg 70 · peak 170Sep 2024 — avg 53 · peak 118Dec 2024 — avg 40 · peak 96Mar 2025 — avg 41 · peak 97Jun 2025 — avg 39 · peak 76Sep 2025 — avg 40 · peak 89Dec 2025 — avg 35 · peak 79Mar 2026 — avg 50 · peak 121Jun 2026 — avg 43 · peak 89Aug 2026 — avg 43 · peak 89
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.37$2.792017-06-132026-10-152017-06-13 — best price $16.992018-01-04 — best price $16.992018-03-22 — best price $16.992018-05-17 — best price $10.192018-07-13 — best price $10.182018-08-19 — best price $14.272018-10-26 — best price $10.692019-01-04 — best price $10.722019-03-04 — best price $5.092019-05-24 — best price $11.382019-07-20 — best price $15.292019-09-14 — best price $15.292019-10-25 — best price $4.492019-11-22 — best price $6.802020-01-02 — best price $16.992020-01-21 — best price $5.092020-02-10 — best price $10.902020-02-28 — best price $3.402020-04-13 — best price $16.022020-05-30 — best price $3.202020-06-25 — best price $3.392020-08-04 — best price $16.992020-09-11 — best price $3.402020-11-11 — best price $3.392020-12-11 — best price $16.992021-01-25 — best price $16.992021-03-15 — best price $16.992021-05-02 — best price $12.212021-10-06 — best price $16.992022-03-01 — best price $12.042026-08-12 — best price $16.992026-09-05 — best price $3.392026-09-17 — best price $16.992026-09-29 — best price $3.392026-10-11 — best price $16.992026-10-15 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3081152026-05-30 — 230 pageviews2026-06-03 — 236 pageviews2026-06-07 — 308 pageviews2026-06-11 — 210 pageviews2026-06-15 — 248 pageviews2026-06-19 — 187 pageviews2026-06-23 — 210 pageviews2026-06-27 — 270 pageviews2026-07-01 — 236 pageviews2026-07-05 — 265 pageviews2026-07-09 — 252 pageviews2026-07-13 — 208 pageviews2026-07-17 — 171 pageviews2026-07-21 — 195 pageviews2026-07-25 — 200 pageviews2026-07-29 — 181 pageviews2026-08-02 — 174 pageviews2026-08-06 — 191 pageviews2026-08-10 — 179 pageviews2026-08-14 — 165 pageviews2026-08-18 — 183 pageviews2026-08-22 — 200 pageviews2026-08-26 — 183 pageviews2026-08-30 — 209 pageviews2026-09-03 — 159 pageviews2026-09-07 — 198 pageviews2026-09-11 — 159 pageviews2026-09-15 — 211 pageviews2026-09-19 — 167 pageviews2026-09-23 — 145 pageviews2026-09-27 — 158 pageviews2026-10-01 — 139 pageviews2026-10-05 — 142 pageviews2026-10-08 — 182 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
74.7%
earned "I See U Saw"
38%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_paceStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2017-08-31, latest 2018-03-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)46,83268%35
Steam (Steam)27,67032%34
Xbox One (Xbox)17,68650%34

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

DramaIndieActionMysteryEpisodicAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerThird Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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