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Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered

Deck Nine · Square Enix · 2022-02-01

Steam

ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Feb 01, 2022 (Google Stadia), Feb 01, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 01, 2022 (Xbox One), Feb 01, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered is an Action, Adventure game released in 2022, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 4923 reviews).

123
playing now
85%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
14
Nexus mods (1.8k downloads)
16h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 18h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

123 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Set three years before ‘Life is Strange’, you play as sixteen-year old Chloe Price who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber, a beautiful and popular girl destined for success. When Rachel learns a secret about her family that threatens to destroy her world, it is her newfound friendship with Chloe that gives her the strength to carry on. No longer alone the girls must confront each other's demons and together, find a way to overcome them.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered trailer thumbnail

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered - Official First Official Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 123 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,371 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~171/week).
  • · Review velocity up 148% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 98k–222k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,923 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22622620222026Week of 2022-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

145222026-09-14 23:00 — 64 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 23 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 64 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 51 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 37 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 53 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 58 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 33 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 40 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 97 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 30 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 35 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 69 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 37 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 50 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 137 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 52 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 29 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 110 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 72 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 66 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 132 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 122 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 123 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
13314Feb 2022Aug 2026Feb 2022 — avg 87 · peak 346Apr 2022 — avg 23 · peak 53Jun 2022 — avg 19 · peak 46Aug 2022 — avg 20 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 14 · peak 36Dec 2022 — avg 23 · peak 67Feb 2023 — avg 20 · peak 53Apr 2023 — avg 24 · peak 56Jun 2023 — avg 20 · peak 46Aug 2023 — avg 21 · peak 49Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 71Dec 2023 — avg 29 · peak 74Feb 2024 — avg 29 · peak 77Apr 2024 — avg 29 · peak 70Jun 2024 — avg 58 · peak 153Aug 2024 — avg 54 · peak 128Oct 2024 — avg 73 · peak 218Dec 2024 — avg 60 · peak 160Feb 2025 — avg 48 · peak 118Apr 2025 — avg 36 · peak 80Jun 2025 — avg 40 · peak 106Aug 2025 — avg 47 · peak 96Oct 2025 — avg 45 · peak 110Dec 2025 — avg 73 · peak 176Feb 2026 — avg 105 · peak 270Apr 2026 — avg 112 · peak 297Jun 2026 — avg 120 · peak 249Aug 2026 — avg 88 · peak 205
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

34
achievements tracked
67%
earned "I See U Saw"
34.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-09-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)5,43073%35
Steam (Steam)2,49043%34
Xbox One (Xbox)1,80356%34
Switch (Nintendo)1960%0
Switch (Nintendo)50%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

DramaActionLGBTQ+MysteryRomanceStylizedAdventureCinematicEmotionalStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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