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Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered cover art

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered

Deck Nine · Square Enix · 2022-02-01

Steam

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Life is Strange · Modes: Single player

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.

62
playing now
85%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 13h · completionist 18h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

62 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 62 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 16% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 97k–218k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,852 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

179412026-08-11 19:00 — 125 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 58 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 77 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 133 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 89 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 99 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 153 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 90 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 101 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 179 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 90 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 138 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 66 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 102 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 134 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 55 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 127 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 127 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 41 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 97 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 110 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 41 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 66 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 77 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 42 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 92 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 73 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 62 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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.

Player tags

DramaActionLGBTQ+MysteryRomanceStylizedAdventureCinematicEmotionalStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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