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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in a dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
49 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Im in LOVE with this game already but before the storm is ACTUALLY DIFFERENT, Chole and Rachel have such a natural chemistry…chaotic,emotional and really heartfelt.. watching their bond grow felt SPECIAL and its the…”
“For some reason I might like this game more than LiS, I felt more emotion, the characters were more carefree, more in touch more detailed, maybe I just watched Twin Peaks and loved the fire walk with me feels, with…”
“Damn. Just wow. It's as good as the first one. The story is great, the soundtrack is fitting also has a certain vibe to it, the characters are interesting and it's worth to play 100%. Amazing prequel.”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“For some reason I might like this game more than LiS, I felt more emotion, the characters were more carefree, more in touch more detailed, maybe I just watched Twin Peaks and loved the fire walk with me feels, with…”
“Damn. Just wow. It's as good as the first one. The story is great, the soundtrack is fitting also has a certain vibe to it, the characters are interesting and it's worth to play 100%. Amazing prequel.”
“Not as good as the original Life is Strange, but honestly still really solid. As a big fan of the series this lands a 9/10 from me. It doesn’t have the time rewind stuff, which is a big part of what made the first game…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“For some reason I might like this game more than LiS, I felt more emotion, the characters were more carefree, more in touch more detailed, maybe I just watched Twin Peaks and loved the fire walk with me feels, with…”
“This game is good, i love chloe and rachel relationship, very sweet and heartwarming but not good for kids to play, so much lgbt and illuminatis, stop spreading lgbt when u know its wrong in humanity, it brings…”
“[code] ------------- Overall ------------ 🏆 🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳 11/10 🏆 ---------------------------------- Like Life is Strange, but even better: An unputdownable, deeply moving story with astonishing twists, heart-wrenching…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[code] ------------- Overall ------------ 🏆 🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳 11/10 🏆 ---------------------------------- Like Life is Strange, but even better: An unputdownable, deeply moving story with astonishing twists, heart-wrenching…”
“I really enjoyed playing Before the Storm. The music was great and the characters were very engaging. The graphics looked great, and the controls felt smoother and better than in the first game. The game also has a…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“What makes Rachel more special than everyone else in their school since she's not much different than same art club members,also somehow everyone keep glazing her? (for some reason) Each episode you start to like less…”
“**LiS Reunion prep - part 2 review** Oh boy... where do I even begin with reviewing this one even? When this is put side-by-side with the original LiS game, I can't help it but say that this game is far less inferior in…”
“i just can't stand Chole's attitude”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Not as good as the original Life is Strange, but honestly still really solid. As a big fan of the series this lands a 9/10 from me. It doesn’t have the time rewind stuff, which is a big part of what made the first game…”
“**LiS Reunion prep - part 2 review** Oh boy... where do I even begin with reviewing this one even? When this is put side-by-side with the original LiS game, I can't help it but say that this game is far less inferior in…”
“The game explores loss, grief, anger, uncertainty, love, friendship, and more. I really enjoyed learning more about Chloe's life and getting some context about what happened before the first game, especially about the…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Should have been longer, but otherwise a very good and emotional story that ties the ends of the first game well.”
“Amazing sapphic game, shorter than LIS1 but still very good. Amberfield!!”
“TLDR: If you played Life Is Strange, this prequel is a worthy, if shorter, adventure that fleshes out the characters and offers another compelling story. Life is Strange was a huge hit for DONTNOD, garnering critical…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Before the Storm is divisive within the community mostly thanks to the LiS1 purists but if we ignore that loud and relatively small part of the fandom we can actually discuss how what's on offer here is a wonderful prequel that offers players deeper insight to both Chloe and the…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Just finished the last chapter and now I'm the right kind of sad. This game feels so nostalgic to that early 2010s early of the world.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“"Ive never understood your hard-on for cameras Max. You took a million pictures of us, and not one of them showed that you were gonna leave when i needed you most.." :( im sorry Chloe..”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Story Rich · Choices Matter · Great Soundtrack · Female Protagonist · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Episodic · Adventure · Choose Your Own Adventure · Multiple Endings · Third Person · Drama (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Stereo Sound · Subtitle Options · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.lifeisstrange.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or above (64-bit Operating System Required) Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 (3.1GHz) or AMD Phenom X4 945 (3.0GHz) Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 250 or NVIDIA Geforce GTX 650 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 14 GB available space Additional Notes: Please note that 32-bit operating systems will not be supported.