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Life is Strange: Before the Storm

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App ID 554620
App Type Game
Developer , ,
Publisher Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Franchise Life is Strange
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 37436216
Last Record Update 22 July 2026 – 04:32:01 UTC ()
Release Date 31 August 2017 – 16:04:00 UTC ()
😍 91.45%
37k reviews
22
In-Game
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📚 Story Rich 🧞 Choices Matter 🎶 Great Soundtrack 👩 Female Protagonist 🌫 Atmospheric

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.

Additional Information

Developer Deck Nine
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ReleaseState released
Publisher Square Enix
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Store Release Date 31 August 2017 – 16:05:00 UTC ()
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https://www.twitch.tv/squareenix
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Primary Genre Adventure (25)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25)
Steam Release Date 31 August 2017 – 16:04:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 6 May 2020 – 13:48:21 UTC () (1588772901)
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Detected Technologies Unity Engine, CEF SDK, CRIWARE SDK, Mono SDK, SteamworksNET SDK, Tobii SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 2
  • test_timestamp: 1 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3155149
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First seen on SteamDB 5 November 2016 – 12:54:53 UTC (), in changelist #2422830

Supported Languages

8 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes

Tags

📚 Story Rich 🧞 Choices Matter 🎶 Great Soundtrack 👩 Female Protagonist 🌫 Atmospheric 👤 Singleplayer 🔢 Episodic 🗺️ Adventure 🧚 Choose Your Own Adventure 🔚 Multiple Endings 👤 Third Person 🤫 Mystery 💥 Action 🌱 Indie 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 🚶 Walking Simulator 🔎 Point & Click 🕴 Psychological Horror 🤣 Memes ⏳ Time Travel

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Accessibility Categories

Subtitle Options Custom Volume Controls Stereo Sound Playable At Your Own Pace

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timestamp13 March 2026 – 13:47:01 UTC

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