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Life is Strange: True Colors

Deck Nine · Square Enix · 2021-09-09

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ActionAdventure

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

Releases: Sep 10, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 10, 2021 (Google Stadia), Sep 10, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 01, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 01, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 01, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.

Life is Strange: True Colors is an Action, Adventure game released in 2021, priced at $59.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 16849 reviews).

36
playing now
89%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (224 ratings)
26
Nexus mods (13k downloads)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (12,897 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 82% recommend · from 170 critics
12h
to beat · rushed 8.5h · completionist 14h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

36 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Life Is Strange: True Colors is a 2021 adventure game in the Life is Strange series, developed by Deck Nine and published by Square Enix. The plot focuses on Alex Chen, a young woman who can experience the emotions of others, as she tries to solve the mystery behind a tragedy that happened in her life.

Trailer

Life is Strange: True Colors trailer thumbnail

Life is Strange: True Colors - Official Trailer [ESRB]

≈540,062 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 36 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 642 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~80/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,900 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,668 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 338k–761k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,910 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $17.99 at Microsoft Store (2023-11-18) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 25 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.5k3.5k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 3,516 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 384 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,149 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

94122026-09-15 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 54 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 63 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 27 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 35 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 26 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 29 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 52 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 27 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 39 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 54 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 31 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 52 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 41 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 25 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 51 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 94 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 42 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 36 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k38Sep 2021Aug 2026Sep 2021 — avg 1,554 · peak 7,428Nov 2021 — avg 260 · peak 718Jan 2022 — avg 238 · peak 809Mar 2022 — avg 163 · peak 510May 2022 — avg 97 · peak 299Jul 2022 — avg 153 · peak 309Sep 2022 — avg 71 · peak 230Nov 2022 — avg 60 · peak 181Jan 2023 — avg 104 · peak 349Mar 2023 — avg 69 · peak 255May 2023 — avg 65 · peak 171Jul 2023 — avg 87 · peak 213Sep 2023 — avg 41 · peak 92Nov 2023 — avg 61 · peak 241Jan 2024 — avg 92 · peak 329Mar 2024 — avg 120 · peak 321May 2024 — avg 95 · peak 234Jul 2024 — avg 124 · peak 323Sep 2024 — avg 85 · peak 195Nov 2024 — avg 95 · peak 300Jan 2025 — avg 73 · peak 211Mar 2025 — avg 60 · peak 169May 2025 — avg 53 · peak 141Jul 2025 — avg 50 · peak 135Sep 2025 — avg 38 · peak 99Nov 2025 — avg 54 · peak 148Jan 2026 — avg 74 · peak 245Mar 2026 — avg 75 · peak 193May 2026 — avg 40 · peak 118Jul 2026 — avg 47 · peak 112Aug 2026 — avg 44 · peak 120
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$17.992021-03-182026-10-092021-03-18 — best price $59.502021-09-09 — best price $59.992021-12-02 — best price $59.992022-01-05 — best price $59.992022-02-25 — best price $59.992022-04-15 — best price $30.002022-05-24 — best price $59.992022-07-07 — best price $59.992022-08-08 — best price $29.992022-09-03 — best price $30.002022-09-15 — best price $30.002022-09-30 — best price $30.002022-10-22 — best price $59.992023-01-05 — best price $59.992023-03-14 — best price $23.992023-04-29 — best price $59.992023-06-16 — best price $59.992023-08-25 — best price $23.992023-10-18 — best price $59.992023-12-15 — best price $18.002024-02-12 — best price $18.002024-04-04 — best price $59.992024-06-24 — best price $18.002024-08-14 — best price $17.992024-11-01 — best price $59.992024-12-04 — best price $59.992025-01-24 — best price $17.992025-03-24 — best price $59.992025-05-24 — best price $59.992025-08-05 — best price $17.992025-11-20 — best price $17.992026-01-06 — best price $59.992026-03-23 — best price $18.002026-05-28 — best price $17.992026-07-30 — best price $59.992026-09-04 — best price $59.992026-10-09 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3301472026-05-30 — 261 pageviews2026-06-03 — 285 pageviews2026-06-07 — 289 pageviews2026-06-11 — 248 pageviews2026-06-15 — 326 pageviews2026-06-19 — 213 pageviews2026-06-23 — 244 pageviews2026-06-27 — 315 pageviews2026-07-01 — 257 pageviews2026-07-05 — 310 pageviews2026-07-09 — 296 pageviews2026-07-13 — 232 pageviews2026-07-17 — 205 pageviews2026-07-21 — 220 pageviews2026-07-25 — 215 pageviews2026-07-29 — 264 pageviews2026-08-02 — 246 pageviews2026-08-06 — 183 pageviews2026-08-10 — 223 pageviews2026-08-14 — 185 pageviews2026-08-18 — 194 pageviews2026-08-22 — 265 pageviews2026-08-26 — 233 pageviews2026-08-30 — 228 pageviews2026-09-03 — 196 pageviews2026-09-07 — 267 pageviews2026-09-11 — 182 pageviews2026-09-15 — 208 pageviews2026-09-19 — 182 pageviews2026-09-23 — 189 pageviews2026-09-27 — 179 pageviews2026-10-01 — 155 pageviews2026-10-05 — 168 pageviews2026-10-08 — 167 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
78.1%
earned "I Thought I Could Hunt The Monster"
43.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeColor Alternatives#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty#category_playable_at_your_own_pace2 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-09-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)20,22471%41
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)16,70339%40
PS4 (PlayStation)13,21965%41
Steam (Steam)7,40833%40
Switch (Nintendo)1330%0
Switch (Nintendo)30%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+MysteryRomanceAdventureEmotionalStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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