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Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part; standalone adventure set three years before the first game in the BAFTA award-winning franchise.
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About Life is Strange: Before the Storm
About this game
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part; standalone adventure set three years before the first game in the BAFTA award-winning franchise.
You play as sixteen-year old Chloe Price who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber, a beautiful and popular girl destined for success.
When Rachel learns a secret about her family that threatens to destroy her world, it is her newfound friendship with Chloe that gives her the strength to carry on.
No longer alone the girls must confront each other's demons and together, find a way to overcome them.
KEY FEATURES:
- Choice and consequence driven narrative adventure
- Multiple endings depending on the choices you make
- ‘Backtalk’ - A risk/reward conversation mode that allows Chloe to use her barbed tongue to provoke or get her way
- Make your mark on the world with witty tags and drawings
- Choose Chloe’s outfit and see how people react to your look
- Distinct Licensed indie soundtrack & original score by Daughter
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- August 31, 2017
- Developer:
- Deck Nine
- Publisher:
- Square Enix
- Rating:
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Franchise:
- Life is Strange
- Link:
- Features:
- Steam Achievements
Full controller support
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
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: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 250 or NVIDIA Geforce GTX 650
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 14 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Please note that 32-bit operating systems will not be supported.
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 (3.7GHz) or AMD Athlon X4 845 (3.5GHz)
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 or NVIDIA Geforce 1050
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 14 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Please note that 32-bit operating systems will not be supported.
Critic Reviews
Based on 19 Critics
GameSpot
80 / 100"It's rare that a prequel truly works, where a story can captivate despite the audience knowing what's coming and where the path will lead. Life Is Strange: Before The Storm is...
Game Informer
83 / 100"Before the Storm made me care about Chloe and Rachel, giving me backstory into both of their lives before Max comes back. The journey is bittersweet, knowing the tragic events...
RPG Fan
92 / 100"I really couldn't be happier with what we've been given. Deck Nine gets Life is Strange, but more than that, it capitalizes on the material to make it even better. By the end...
Reviews provided by MetaCritic
Life is Strange: Before the Storm Statistics
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Achievement Hunter?
0.58% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
0.58% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
54.41%
Easy
33.33%
Just Right
10.78%
Tough
0.98%
Unforgiving
0.49%
Relax & enjoy! 54.41% of players consider this game to be Simple
Completion Statistics
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Play Behaviour
Tried It
3.9%
Played It
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Halfway
3.03%
Beat It
52.38%
Conquered It
32.9%
Completionist! 32.9% of players have Conquered It
Frequently Asked Questions
Relax and Enjoy! 88% of GameFAQs users said Life is Strange: Before the Storm is Simple or Easy. 11% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right.
According to ESRB, Life is Strange: Before the Storm is suitable for players aged 17 and above.
Yes, Life is Strange: Before the Storm is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Life is Strange: Before the Storm is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- 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
- Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
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: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 250 or NVIDIA Geforce GTX 650
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 14 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Please note that 32-bit operating systems will not be supported.
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-6100 (3.7GHz) or AMD Athlon X4 845 (3.5GHz)
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 or NVIDIA Geforce 1050
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 14 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Please note that 32-bit operating systems will not be supported.
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: macOS 10.13.5
- Processor: 2.0Ghz Intel Core i5
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1GB Nvidia 650M, 2GB AMD Radeon R9 M290, Intel Iris 5100 or better (see notes for more details).
- Storage: 28 GB available space
- Additional Notes: The game is supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
- * All Mac Minis since Late 2014
- * All 13” MacBook Pros released since 2013
- * All 15" MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012 with a 1GB graphics card or better (1)
- * All 21.5” iMacs released since Late 2013
- * All 27” iMacs released since Late 2013 (2)
- * All 27" iMac Pro's
- * All Mac Pros released since Late 2013
- 1. Mid 2015 models with an AMD Radeon R9 M370X are not supported.
- 2. Late 2012 models with Nvidia 675 or Nvidia 680 graphics are also supported.
- * All Mac Mini's since Late 2012
- * All Macbooks released since Early 2015
- * All Macbook Airs released since Mid 2012
- * All 13" Macbook Pros released since Mid 2012
- * All 21.5” iMacs released since Early 2013
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 13 hours. 76% of users played Life is Strange: Before the Storm for over 12 hours.
58% of critics on Metacritic recommend Life is Strange: Before the Storm. The Metascore is 77 out of 100.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm was released on August 31, 2017
Life is Strange: Before the Storm is published by Square Enix
Life is Strange: Before the Storm was developed by Deck Nine
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