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Life is Strange - Episode 1

DONTNOD Entertainment · Square Enix · 2015-01-29

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Jan 30, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Jun 15, 2016 (Mac), Jan 29, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 30, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Jul 18, 2018 (Android), Jan 30, 2015 (Xbox One)

Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

Life is Strange - Episode 1 is a free-to-play Action and Adventure game released in 2015, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 175983 reviews).

297
playing now
96%
positive of 177k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
131
twitch viewers (latest)
7.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (1880 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 9.5h · completionist 21h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Life Is Strange is an episodic adventure game developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. The first installment of the Life Is Strange series, the game was released in five episodes periodically throughout 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. It was ported to OS X and Linux in 2016, and iOS and Android in 2017 and 2018 respectively.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 297 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,030 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~754/week).
  • · Review velocity up 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.01 at Newegg (2016-07-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 25 of 47 observed days · $19.98 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,672 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,649 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,546 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,119 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 752 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,140 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,097 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 873 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,460 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,665 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 554 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,312 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,467 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,228 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 979 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,171 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,584 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,595 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,543 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,237 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,479 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 897 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,809 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,675 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,398 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,154 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,588 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,264 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 832 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 770 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 631 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 705 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 616 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 504 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,005 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 726 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 515 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 844 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,314 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k1842026-09-14 19:00 — 459 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 246 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 270 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 442 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 388 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 225 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 388 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 267 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 224 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 486 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 347 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 184 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 339 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 337 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 296 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 743 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 456 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 314 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 525 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 840 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 555 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 402 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 609 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 297 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.6k188Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 568 · peak 2,687Jun 2015 — avg 800 · peak 2,584Oct 2015 — avg 1,875 · peak 18,260Feb 2016 — avg 1,495 · peak 3,546Jun 2016 — avg 873 · peak 3,457Oct 2016 — avg 622 · peak 1,402Feb 2017 — avg 1,180 · peak 3,769Jun 2017 — avg 1,392 · peak 4,540Oct 2017 — avg 637 · peak 1,347Feb 2018 — avg 948 · peak 2,134Jun 2018 — avg 1,035 · peak 2,973Oct 2018 — avg 557 · peak 1,233Feb 2019 — avg 605 · peak 1,554Jun 2019 — avg 453 · peak 1,332Oct 2019 — avg 341 · peak 792Feb 2020 — avg 406 · peak 1,307Jun 2020 — avg 578 · peak 1,504Oct 2020 — avg 317 · peak 673Feb 2021 — avg 474 · peak 1,007Jun 2021 — avg 470 · peak 961Oct 2021 — avg 314 · peak 625Feb 2022 — avg 295 · peak 564Jun 2022 — avg 246 · peak 410Oct 2022 — avg 200 · peak 372Feb 2023 — avg 224 · peak 448Jun 2023 — avg 422 · peak 1,214Oct 2023 — avg 198 · peak 406Feb 2024 — avg 236 · peak 465Jun 2024 — avg 433 · peak 1,059Oct 2024 — avg 464 · peak 1,548Feb 2025 — avg 276 · peak 538Jun 2025 — avg 288 · peak 525Oct 2025 — avg 286 · peak 605Feb 2026 — avg 315 · peak 609Jun 2026 — avg 776 · peak 1,814Aug 2026 — avg 464 · peak 983
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
47472026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 9 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 26 new positive2026-09-28: 20 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-03: 22 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 19 new positive2026-10-05: 20 new positive2026-10-06: 21 new positive2026-10-07: 26 new positive2026-10-09: 29 new positive2026-10-10: 27 new positive2026-10-11: 19 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 47 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 16 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 18 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-01-15 — best price $3.812015-01-27 — best price $4.532015-02-02 — best price $3.682015-02-25 — best price $4.992015-03-18 — best price $4.292015-04-01 — best price $3.152015-04-13 — best price $4.082015-04-29 — best price $4.302015-05-14 — best price $4.412015-06-17 — best price $4.412015-06-28 — best price $4.382015-07-14 — best price $2.492015-09-12 — best price $4.992015-11-26 — best price $2.502016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-03-07 — best price $4.992016-04-28 — best price $3.492016-06-01 — best price $4.992016-07-21 — best price $0.002016-11-02 — best price $4.992018-08-20 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $2.992026-09-04 — best price $2.992026-09-09 — best price $2.992026-09-14 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $2.992026-09-29 — best price $2.992026-10-04 — best price $2.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k5762026-05-31 — 973 pageviews2026-06-04 — 981 pageviews2026-06-08 — 899 pageviews2026-06-12 — 709 pageviews2026-06-16 — 1,001 pageviews2026-06-20 — 764 pageviews2026-06-24 — 759 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,002 pageviews2026-07-02 — 785 pageviews2026-07-06 — 981 pageviews2026-07-10 — 720 pageviews2026-07-14 — 820 pageviews2026-07-18 — 754 pageviews2026-07-22 — 708 pageviews2026-07-26 — 766 pageviews2026-07-30 — 693 pageviews2026-08-03 — 657 pageviews2026-08-07 — 648 pageviews2026-08-11 — 798 pageviews2026-08-15 — 697 pageviews2026-08-19 — 715 pageviews2026-08-23 — 710 pageviews2026-08-27 — 689 pageviews2026-08-31 — 760 pageviews2026-09-04 — 766 pageviews2026-09-08 — 900 pageviews2026-09-12 — 645 pageviews2026-09-16 — 717 pageviews2026-09-20 — 665 pageviews2026-09-24 — 592 pageviews2026-09-28 — 651 pageviews2026-10-02 — 621 pageviews2026-10-06 — 647 pageviews2026-10-09 — 628 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.7k02026-09-30 18:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 78 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 3,688 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 3,800 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 1,161 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 361 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 1,344 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 229 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 1,103 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 131 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
67.8%
earned "Macro Eyes"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-01-19 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

IndieMysteryEpisodicAdventureStory RichAtmosphericTime TravelSingleplayerThird PersonPoint & Click

Census log

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

Recent updates

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