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Life is Strange - Episode 1

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.

Developer: DONTNOD Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Publisher: Square Enix, Feral interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Franchise: Life is Strange
Release date: Jan 29, 2015
Store page updated: Mar 5, 2026
Price: Free · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

94.6/ 100

Based on 430 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 98% of 718

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 96% of 176,062

“still hits hard on replay, fun and engaging”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+3.32

Strategy +4.01 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices

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Story & World

+4.31

Story +4.45 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending

“legendary story game that shows what choices cost” (255)

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Content Volume

+2.22

Replayability +2.60 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+

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Visuals & Sound

+4.29

Audio +4.63 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting

“beautiful warm soundtrack propels emotional journey” (18)

Life is Strange - это не просто игра, а путешествие в ту часть души, где всё ещё живёт подростковая искренность, лёгкость и беззаботность Помню, как ещё в 2018 году смотрела прохождение на канале Дмитрия Куплинова, а теперь, в 2025, наконец сыграла сама. Для меня это легендарная игра. Она возвращает во времена, когда всё казалось возможным: дружба, любовь, выбор. В ней столько тепла, которого так не хватает взрослой жизни, полной дел и обязанностей. Каждый кадр, каждая песня ( в особенности прекрасный, тёплый саундтрек), каждая сцена пропитана воспоминаниями о беззаботных днях. Эта игра позвол

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Multiplayer

+3.67

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +3.67 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness

+0.60

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Pricing +0.60 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support

-0.67

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Performance +2.00 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.