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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit

DONTNOD Entertainment · Square Enix · 2018-06-25

Steam

AdventureFree To Play

Franchise: Life is Strange · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 25, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jun 26, 2018 (Xbox One)

Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2

37
playing now
93%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (214 ratings)
3.8h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a 2018 adventure game in the Life Is Strange series developed by Dontnod Entertainment and published by Square Enix. It was released in June 2018 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One as an introduction to and demo for Life Is Strange 2. The plot follows Chris Eriksen, a young boy who creates the superhero alter ego Captain Spirit to deal with the loss of his mother. Square Enix External Studios worked with Dontnod for the development. The game received generally favourable reviews, praising the narrative, main character, and script, but criticising the game mechanics and aspects of the writing.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 650 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~81/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,446 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20182026Week of 2018-06-01: 3,204 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,873 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4852026-08-06 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 28 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 48 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 18 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 30 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 26 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

DramaShortCasualAdventureSuperheroControllerStory RichAtmosphericFree to PlaySingleplayer

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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