Life is Strange: Before the Storm (2017)
Android · Linux · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · iOS
3.78 from 1473 ratings
3675 members have it in their collection · 129 playing now · 1062 backlogged · 679 wish listed
How long? Main story 9h · with extras 11h · 100% 12h (from 71 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Deck Nine
- Publishers
- Square Enix
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Themes
- Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science fiction
- Franchises
- Life is Strange
- Series
- Life is Strange
- Event
- Xbox E3 2017 Briefing
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Aug 31, 2017 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Aug 31, 2017 (North_America) PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Sep 19, 2018 (Worldwide) Android, iOS
Also available on
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Limited Edition (2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Vinyl Edition (2018) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Deluxe Edition (2018) · MAC, PC, PS4, XONE
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered (2022) · STAD, NSW, PC, PS4, PS5, XONE, XSX
Related
Episodes
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 1: Awake (Aug 2017) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 2: Brave New World (Oct 2017) · LIN, MAC, PC, PS4, XONE
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Episode 3: Hell Is Empty (Dec 2017) · LIN, MAC, PC, PS4, XONE
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm - Bonus Episode: Farewell (Mar 2018) · LIN, MAC, PC, PS4, XONE
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Rating distribution
5 stars
411
4 stars
525
3 stars
384
2 stars
106
1 star
47
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status killerstar Oct 23, 2021
The first episode was cool. It has the similar teenage angst feeling as Life is Strange but less hipster and more punk --fitting for Chole.
These games really work as episodic chapters. It allows the story to be more controlled. There's a natural starting and stopping point so that the highs and lows are better paced than if I could …
The first episode was cool. It has the similar teenage angst feeling as Life is Strange but less hipster and more punk --fitting for Chole.
These games really work as episodic chapters. It allows the story to be more controlled. There's a natural starting and stopping point so that the highs and lows are better paced than if I could mainline the whole plot at once.
Status killerstar Oct 23, 2021
Add this game to the lost of games with audio-only puzzles that are completely inaccessible to deaf people.
Status curtaindoom Dec 11, 2019
the writing is awful, both Chloe and Rachel are unlikable, there is no gameplay, there are no choices. what do people like about this game again?
Status Predefiance Jan 8, 2019
Not too different from the first game, but I am enjoying this one for its narrative.
Status Please...callmeYork Dec 29, 2018
Just finished Farewell. It was nice, though pretty insubstantial. I realised I much prefer playing as Chloe than Max. She's sweet, but a little dull. I'll admit I got a little teary-eyed at that ending though.
Status Please...callmeYork Dec 1, 2018
Just finished the first episode and am cautiously optimistic about this. It definitely has problems and it took me a little while to warm to it, but by the time the credits rolled I was really enjoying it. Here's hoping the next two episodes can build off it without going off the rails. Either way it is just really nice …
Read moreJust finished the first episode and am cautiously optimistic about this. It definitely has problems and it took me a little while to warm to it, but by the time the credits rolled I was really enjoying it. Here's hoping the next two episodes can build off it without going off the rails. Either way it is just really nice to be back in Arcadia Bay.
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Status Erkin Apr 13, 2018
Just finished the bonus episode 'Farewell'. It's a very short episode that takes you to the last moments Max and Chloe shared before Max's family moved to Seattle (where she doesn't even send Chloe a text -- that's cold, Max!). It's filled with funny, emotional, and most of time cringey moments. And the gameplay is boring too, even for an …
Read moreJust finished the bonus episode 'Farewell'. It's a very short episode that takes you to the last moments Max and Chloe shared before Max's family moved to Seattle (where she doesn't even send Chloe a text -- that's cold, Max!). It's filled with funny, emotional, and most of time cringey moments. And the gameplay is boring too, even for an adventure/walking simulator/visual novel game. But it's free, so I'd say every LIS fan should play it.
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Status franfox Apr 3, 2018
I don't understand why developers decided to make a prequel of this game without the core mechanic (time control) of the first one... It's like in Super Mario Bros 2 the player can't jump. Re-use the whole environment and make an "easy" second game can explain it. I've played the first chapter and I've tried to play the second one …
Read moreI don't understand why developers decided to make a prequel of this game without the core mechanic (time control) of the first one... It's like in Super Mario Bros 2 the player can't jump. Re-use the whole environment and make an "easy" second game can explain it. I've played the first chapter and I've tried to play the second one but after some boring hours of play I've decided to resign. Really sorry because I loved Life is Strange.
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Status unpopularlyssa Jan 22, 2018
Omg Eliot is the biggest douchebag in the universe
