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Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
Embark on a new narrative journey by the creators of Life is Strange. Film your summer of 1995 and create memories of a lifetime with your new friends. 27 years later, confront the dark secrets that made you all promise to never speak again after that fateful summer.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“DISCLAIMER: There will be spoilers. I think this is one of the cases where if Steam had a 'mixed' review button it would be much better fit for this game. Anyway, I'll list down some positives first: - The music - I…”
“The best way I can describe this game is the summer after senior year of high school. Although the characters aren’t even seniors yet, it heavily radiates that feeling of trying hard to not let go of the nostalgia and…”
“Okay so. I don’t even know how to start this without sounding dramatic but whatever. This game actually ruined me. In the best way possible. I thought I was just going to play a chill story game and instead I got…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“DISCLAIMER: There will be spoilers. I think this is one of the cases where if Steam had a 'mixed' review button it would be much better fit for this game. Anyway, I'll list down some positives first: - The music - I…”
“The best way I can describe this game is the summer after senior year of high school. Although the characters aren’t even seniors yet, it heavily radiates that feeling of trying hard to not let go of the nostalgia and…”
“I really enjoy videogames of this kind, where your decision matter. And change so many things like in real life, I adore the original song 'in hell', and I can relate to all of the characters, specially with Kat. I had…”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The best way I can describe this game is the summer after senior year of high school. Although the characters aren’t even seniors yet, it heavily radiates that feeling of trying hard to not let go of the nostalgia and…”
“A Must-Play Masterpiece! 💙💙 I am still reeling from the experience of playing this game . It is rare to find a game that captures a specific feeling so perfectly, but Don’t Nod has absolutely outdone themselves here.I…”
“This game is so hard to recommend. On one hand, the pacing is terrible, it took 19 hours of trudging to get to the end of this story and honestly only about 90 minutes of actual story happened in those 19 hours. On the…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“DISCLAIMER: There will be spoilers. I think this is one of the cases where if Steam had a 'mixed' review button it would be much better fit for this game. Anyway, I'll list down some positives first: - The music - I…”
“Don't Nod did it again: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage really nails the "nostalgic summer vacation" vibes. Even though I didn't live in a small town in the U.S. midwest (or was a 16-year-old girl for that matter) in the…”
“A Must-Play Masterpiece! 💙💙 I am still reeling from the experience of playing this game . It is rare to find a game that captures a specific feeling so perfectly, but Don’t Nod has absolutely outdone themselves here.I…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoyed this game and if you're around the age of a young adult you'll probably like it too. The story was very captivating and the way they showed all the options at the end that you could have had reminds me…”
“Bravo! Once more Don't Nod has delivered a game that leaves a lasting impact on me. The music and atmosphere in this game is so nostalgic and gives you such a connectivity to the characters and the town. Not many games…”
“I LOVED this game!! Every single part of it! The music was literally amazing, I listen to the sound track all the time!! The visuals were to die for!! I have so many screenshots and one of them is even my desktop…”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“DISCLAIMER: There will be spoilers. I think this is one of the cases where if Steam had a 'mixed' review button it would be much better fit for this game. Anyway, I'll list down some positives first: - The music - I…”
“I very much enjoyed the first chapter, "Tape 1", but was not able to finish Tape 2 after becoming frustrated with the character development. Minor spoilers without being specific about any particular events in the…”
“This isn’t a “bad” game but when it’s a binary choice of would I recommend this game or not, it would be a no. From every single DontNod or LiS game I’ve played (Life is Strange, LiS2, LiS True Colors, LiS Double…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is quite tragic to me because I'm so excited about having teenage lesbians going on an adventure. It seems like it's going to be sci-fi, it's a great mystery so far. But it is so slow. They speak so slowly.…”
“Lost Records: Bloom & Rage n’est pas parfait, mais il a une vraie atmosphère. Rythme lent, gameplay simple, mais l’histoire accroche.”
“The visuals and the world are really beautiful but the story is so so slow. Even the voice acting feels like some lines are spoken in slow-mo. Overall the game needs to speed up and get to the interesting parts of the…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I genuinely wish I could recommend *Bloom & Rage*. I ended up 100%-ing the achievements, and honestly, hunting down some of the collectibles was more fun than parts of the story itself. The biggest issue for me was the…”
“what a roller coaster. it took me a while to get used to the voice acting of swann, but once i got used to it, i really fell into it. the other girls have stronger acting and feel better fleshed out. visually very…”
“The visuals and the world are really beautiful but the story is so so slow. Even the voice acting feels like some lines are spoken in slow-mo. Overall the game needs to speed up and get to the interesting parts of the…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I’ve always loved Don’t Nod for their endearing characters, unlike Life Is Strange 2, which featured the most obnoxious and annoying protagonists in the series. In contrast, Lost Records recaptures the magic of the…”
“A good spiritual successor to the original life is strange games however struggles a little with pacing at the start and could've had a longer ending when it picked up and got me invested. sets up nice for a sequel and…”
“Im in love with the atmosphere and the recording gameplay! The characters are fun and silly, but I wish we had more time to be emotionally invested with them. I understand that it's not life is strange, I really do, but…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“[h1]Description[/h1] [b]Lost Records: Bloom & Rage[/b] is a 3D narrative-driven game with filming gameplay. You play Swann Holloway, a 43-yo woman who goes back to her hometown after 27 years radio silence to try to piece back together why she and her friends made a promise…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“Being a middle age man, I should not be crying so much playing a game about being a teenage girl in the 90s but I do.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“One of the most interesting games I've played. It's like Life is Strange...but better. Comparing them isn't really fair, but it does feel like this is what Dontnod originally wanted to make. It captures that eerie feeling and the nostalgia (loved the IT references) much better.…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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1st Birthday Bonanza!
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage is already a year old! On this date in 2025, we released Tape 1 of 2 of our emotional narrative game about a group of friends whose lives changed in the summer of ‘95. We’ve
Lost Records x Insert Coin is Coming!
We are beyond thrilled to announce our partnership with Insert Coin to bring the universe of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage from the screen to your wardrobe! This new merch collection, inspired by the wor
Happy birthday, Kat!
Some may say Kat’s birthday is close to Christmas because she’s a gift to us all! Our passionate community is a gift we don’t take for granted either, so here are some of our favorite pieces of fanart
Nominate Us for Outstanding Story-Rich Game!
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage was a huge game for us – the first by DON’T NOD Montréal, in the making for a long time, powered by the hard work, creativity, and dedication of the teams behind it. We work
We’re Nominated for Game for Impact at The Game Awards!
Amazing news, everyone! We’ve been nominated in the Games for Impact category at The Game Awards! We always try our best to create an enjoyable experience for everyone and to tell authentic stories th
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | LGBTQ+ · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · 1990's · Story Rich · Mystery · Multiple Endings · Atmospheric · Interactive Fiction · Cinematic · Third Person · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 49 |
| Official site | https://dont-nod.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-2700K or AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GPU supporting DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 is mandatory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 560, 4GB or Intel ARC A380, 6GB Storage: 48 GB available space Additional Notes: Installation requires a SSD