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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit cover art

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

The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is an Adventure, Free To Play game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 15,110 reviews).

34
playing now
93%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (214 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (109 downloads)
3.8h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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.

Trailer

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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit - Launch Trailer | PS4

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 34 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 3% of 28,739 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

6572026-09-15 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 30 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 10 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 19 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 25 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 26 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 65 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 20 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
47114Jul 2018Aug 2026Jul 2018 — avg 471 · peak 2,148Oct 2018 — avg 75 · peak 193Jan 2019 — avg 70 · peak 346Apr 2019 — avg 28 · peak 69Jul 2019 — avg 30 · peak 67Oct 2019 — avg 29 · peak 73Jan 2020 — avg 47 · peak 93Apr 2020 — avg 53 · peak 118Jul 2020 — avg 42 · peak 84Oct 2020 — avg 35 · peak 88Jan 2021 — avg 29 · peak 75Apr 2021 — avg 29 · peak 64Jul 2021 — avg 24 · peak 55Oct 2021 — avg 23 · peak 52Jan 2022 — avg 27 · peak 52Apr 2022 — avg 20 · peak 42Jul 2022 — avg 25 · peak 41Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 35Jan 2023 — avg 17 · peak 33Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 43Jul 2023 — avg 20 · peak 39Oct 2023 — avg 15 · peak 39Jan 2024 — avg 20 · peak 233Apr 2024 — avg 15 · peak 38Jul 2024 — avg 24 · peak 995Oct 2024 — avg 22 · peak 88Jan 2025 — avg 19 · peak 46Apr 2025 — avg 15 · peak 66Jul 2025 — avg 21 · peak 47Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 45Jan 2026 — avg 23 · peak 54Apr 2026 — avg 20 · peak 46Jul 2026 — avg 21 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 47
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

219632026-05-31 — 115 pageviews2026-06-04 — 97 pageviews2026-06-08 — 115 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-16 — 215 pageviews2026-06-20 — 110 pageviews2026-06-24 — 126 pageviews2026-06-28 — 139 pageviews2026-07-02 — 138 pageviews2026-07-06 — 140 pageviews2026-07-10 — 86 pageviews2026-07-14 — 115 pageviews2026-07-18 — 115 pageviews2026-07-22 — 100 pageviews2026-07-26 — 96 pageviews2026-07-30 — 78 pageviews2026-08-03 — 86 pageviews2026-08-07 — 95 pageviews2026-08-11 — 111 pageviews2026-08-15 — 99 pageviews2026-08-19 — 90 pageviews2026-08-23 — 103 pageviews2026-08-27 — 94 pageviews2026-08-31 — 97 pageviews2026-09-04 — 110 pageviews2026-09-08 — 208 pageviews2026-09-12 — 108 pageviews2026-09-16 — 111 pageviews2026-09-20 — 95 pageviews2026-09-24 — 80 pageviews2026-09-28 — 89 pageviews2026-10-02 — 72 pageviews2026-10-06 — 96 pageviews2026-10-10 — 95 pageviews
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

Where its players are

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

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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