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The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
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
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
66 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Chris is a wonderful child that's already been through some dark times and somehow manages to keep a positive outlook on the world. It's a cute short story and that's about it. Plus it's the only thing in the world…”
“A really great little game that allows you to learn more about Chris from Life is Strange 2 and lets you step into Chris' imaginary world that he uses to protect himself from the pain of real life. Only around a 1.5-2…”
“An amazingly put together short experience. Makes you invested even with what little time you can put into it.”
26 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“A really great little game that allows you to learn more about Chris from Life is Strange 2 and lets you step into Chris' imaginary world that he uses to protect himself from the pain of real life. Only around a 1.5-2…”
“An amazingly put together short experience. Makes you invested even with what little time you can put into it.”
“very fast complete and easy. nice story and details”
20 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Chris is a wonderful child that's already been through some dark times and somehow manages to keep a positive outlook on the world. It's a cute short story and that's about it. Plus it's the only thing in the world…”
“A really great little game that allows you to learn more about Chris from Life is Strange 2 and lets you step into Chris' imaginary world that he uses to protect himself from the pain of real life. Only around a 1.5-2…”
“This is a really peaceful game, the story is good. You can see the childlike mind and creativity of the Kid. This is a good free game.”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game was pretty fun, it is mainly straight story based and just playing around with things but it really let me get attached to the main character and understand him a bit more to prepare me for Life is Strange 2.”
“❤ Audience ❤ ☑ Beginner ☑ Casual Gamer ☐ Normal Gamer ☐ Expert ☼ Graphics ☼ ☐ Bad ☐ Alright ☑ Good ☐ Beautiful ☐ Fantastic ♬ Music ♬ ☐ Bad ☐ Alright ☑ Good ☐ Beautiful ☐ Fantastic ☠ Difficulty ☠ ☑ Easy ☐ Average ☐ Easy…”
“I loved playing this game. It evoked strong emotions throughout. Don't Nod games are always on point when it comes to capturing the perspectives of each character. The music was great at amplifying the emotion being…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“cool story, it had beautiful childish imaginations. i love it”
“A Short but Emotional Journey – Worth Experiencing The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a brief but heartfelt experience that really shows how strong Dontnod is at crafting choice-based, narrative-driven games.…”
“❤ Audience ❤ ☑ Beginner ☑ Casual Gamer ☐ Normal Gamer ☐ Expert ☼ Graphics ☼ ☐ Bad ☐ Alright ☑ Good ☐ Beautiful ☐ Fantastic ♬ Music ♬ ☐ Bad ☐ Alright ☑ Good ☐ Beautiful ☐ Fantastic ☠ Difficulty ☠ ☑ Easy ☐ Average ☐ Easy…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“very very short, but for the story it is VERY good 9/10 highly wish it was a longer story”
“A Short but Emotional Journey – Worth Experiencing The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a brief but heartfelt experience that really shows how strong Dontnod is at crafting choice-based, narrative-driven games.…”
“i really want a full game of Captain Spirit”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I don’t know why this game was even made. Even though it’s free, I basically just wasted my time. Story (spoiler): The kid has psychological issues due to trauma. His mother died, and his father drinks and abuses him.…”
“Not much really happening, it can probably be skipped but hey, it's free.”
“I don't see the point of this "game" or DLC or whatever this is. This game is so short i couldn't complete the full task and before i knew it the game was over. They should have added this on life is strange 2. Only…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I don’t know why this game was even made. Even though it’s free, I basically just wasted my time. Story (spoiler): The kid has psychological issues due to trauma. His mother died, and his father drinks and abuses him.…”
“It was alright. This Interactive point and click gameplay is not my thing.”
“Pretty boring. I'm not a fan of these types of games.”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Denuvo makes the experience worst”
“Pretty fun, glad i got to know a character like chris better. and even my crappy pc could run the game. (with only a few lag spikes here and there)”
“Uses Denuvo, which hurts performance for everyone that plays the game and does nothing to stop piracy. Also this is literally a free game, this is insane.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Very short and nice story in the vain of other Life is Strange entries. It condenses what makes LiS so great for me, an emotional story with interesting characters. This time without powers but they are not what makes LiS so impactful for me anyway.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“This game awakened the parental insticts in me that i didnt knew i had thats literally my son right there”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“A really good game in my opinion, it's short, excellently made, and all this as a free game. I played it after the first episode of LiS2 but before the second, and so it should be, so the save goes great, and the ending brings a taste for more.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:02 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Story Rich · Adventure · Choices Matter · Atmospheric · Singleplayer · Great Soundtrack · Drama · Superhero · Short · Point & Click · Walking Simulator (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.CaptainSpirit.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: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 2GB or AMD Radeon HD 7770 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Please note that 32-bit operating systems will not be supported 720p Low at 30+ FPS