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.
- Released
- 2017
- Developer
- Not recorded
- Platforms
- 5 systems
- Critics
- 77
- Steam Deck
- playable
- Download
- 14 GB
What is 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.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 31 August 2017 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Not recorded |
| Publisher | Feral Interactive, Square Enix |
| Platforms | Android, Android Tablet, iOS, iPad, Steam Deck |
| Genres | Action Adventure |
| Languages | 7 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q30242632, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Life Is Strange: Before the Storm received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
Accessibility
Seeing
- Subtitle Options
Hearing
- Custom Volume Controls
- Stereo Sound
Input
- Full controller support
Difficulty
None declared
Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | full support |
| Cloud saves | Yes |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | playable |
| Download size | 14 GB |
| Add-on content | 5 DLC listed |
| Age gate | 17+ |
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Problems players report
We read the 299 most recent negative Steam reviews of Life Is Strange: Before the Storm on 30 August 2026 looking for recurring complaints. Nothing came up often enough to report: no theme was mentioned by more than 3% of them. That is not a claim that the game is bug-free, only that the people who disliked it were not agreeing about why.
Games like Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
24 games overlap with Life Is Strange: Before the Storm on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Life Is Strange, Life is Strange 2 and Life Is Strange: True Colors.
Common questions about Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
What platforms is Life Is Strange: Before the Storm on?
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm is available on Android, Android Tablet, iOS, iPad, Steam Deck. It first released in 2017.
How much does Life Is Strange: Before the Storm cost?
$16.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.
Do players recommend Life Is Strange: Before the Storm?
93% of 37,879 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
What is the Metacritic score for Life Is Strange: Before the Storm?
77 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.
Does Life Is Strange: Before the Storm work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Life Is Strange: Before the Storm as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
How big is the Life Is Strange: Before the Storm download?
14 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.