Life Is Strange vs The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
Life Is Strange is an action-adventure game from Don’t Nod (2015) while The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is a free to play game from DONTNOD Entertainment (2018).
What each one is
Steam files Life Is Strange under Action-Adventure. In contrast, it files The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit under Free To Play and Story Rich.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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At a glance
| Life Is Strange | The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 8.4/10 | 7.8/10 |
| Steam rating | Overwhelmingly Positive (96%, 175,705) | Very Positive (93%, 15,089) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | 79/100 |
| Price | Free | Free |
| Install size | 5 GB | 5 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | verified |
| Released | 2015 | 2018 |
| Developer | Don’t Nod | DONTNOD Entertainment |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Life Is Strange vs The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Life Is StrangeAction-adventure gameThe Awesome Adventures of Captain SpiritFree to play gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Life Is StrangeStory Rich, Choices Matter, Female ProtagonistThe Awesome Adventures of Captain SpiritFree to Play, Story Rich, AdventureThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Life Is Strange ✓Score 8.4 · 96% on SteamThe Awesome Adventures of Captain SpiritScore 7.8 · 93% on Steam · 79 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Life Is Strange175,705 reviews · 1 add-on · 5 GBThe Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit15,089 reviews · 5 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Life Is StrangeFreeThe Awesome Adventures of Captain SpiritFreeRead live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Life Is StrangePlayableThe Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit ✓VerifiedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueLife Is Strange and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Mobile
- PC
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Life Is Strange (GamingPickz Score 8.4)
- Better on a Steam Deck: The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit (verified)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Life Is Strange (175,705 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
Story RichChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackAtmosphericSingleplayerAdventureThird PersonPoint & Click
Where they differ
Female ProtagonistTime TravelEpisodicTime ManipulationMultiple EndingsMystery
Free to PlayDramaSuperheroShortControllerEmotional
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Life Is Strange is relaxed, easy to pick up. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit is relaxed, easy to pick up.
System requirements, side by side
| Life Is Strange | The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | ATI | — |
| Minimum CPU | Dual Core 2.0GHz | — |
| Minimum RAM | 2 GB | — |
| Install size | 5 GB | 5 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Life Is Strange · The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 4 accessibility features for Life Is Strange and 1 for The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Life Is Strange and The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit in scope?
Life Is Strange has drawn 175,705 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 5 GB. The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit has drawn 15,089 Steam reviews and installs in 5 GB.
Is Life Is Strange or The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Life Is Strange rates higher (8.4 to 7.8). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Life Is Strange or The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit?
Life Is Strange is cheaper right now at Free, against Free. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.