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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 28974714
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 06:37:38 UTC ()
Release Date 31 August 2017 – 16:04:00 UTC ()
😍 91.46%
37k reviews
43
In-Game

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
metacritic_name Life is Strange: Before The Storm
controller_support full
metacritic_score 77
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/life-is-strange-before-the-storm?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/554620/
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Square Enix
eulas
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id554620_eula_0
nameLife is Strange: Before the Storm EULA
urlhttp://store.steampowered.com//eula/554620_eula_0
Store Release Date 31 August 2017 – 16:05:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
OverlayWindowBlacklist _FERAL_LAUNCHER_WINDOW
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/LifeIsStrangeGame/
https://www.twitch.tv/squareenix
https://x.com/LifeIsStrange
https://www.youtube.com/lifeisstrange/
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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osextended macos64
review_score 8
review_percentage 93
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, CEF SDK, CRIWARE 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
  • test_timestamp: 1 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3155149
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
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 🎭 Drama 🤫 Mystery 💥 Action 🌱 Indie 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 🚶 Walking Simulator 🔎 Point & Click 🕴 Psychological Horror 🤣 Memes

Categories

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

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Trailers
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256693222 ↴
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
554621 Windows Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 1 6.49 GiB 4.54 GiB
642080 Windows DLC 642080Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 2 (642080) Depot 5.86 GiB 4.69 GiB
704740 Windows DLC 704740Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 (704740) Depot 5.86 GiB 5.02 GiB
642900 Windows DLC 642900Life is Strange: Before the Storm Chloe Outfit Pack (642900) Depot 168.65 MiB 30.59 MiB
644900 Windows DLC 644900Life is Strange: Before the Storm Pre-Order Outfit Pack (644900) Depot 63.76 MiB 13.15 MiB
648010 Windows DLC 648010Life is Strange: Before the Storm Mixtape Zen Mode (648010) Depot 145.55 MiB 125.61 MiB
650970 Windows DLC 650970Life is Strange: Debug DLC (650970) Depot 5.06 KiB 1.48 KiB
763780 Windows DLC 763780Life is Strange: Before the Storm Farewell (763780) Depot 2.68 GiB 2.22 GiB
824500 Windows DLC 824500Life is Strange: Before the Storm Japanese (824500) Depot 3.75 GiB 3.15 GiB
554622 macOS Mac - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 1 (554621) 6.55 GiB 4.57 GiB
554623 macOS DLC 642080Mac - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 2 (642080) 6.29 GiB 5.03 GiB
554624 macOS DLC 704740Mac - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 (704740) 5.87 GiB 5.03 GiB
554625 macOS DLC 642900Mac - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Chloe Outfit Pack (642900) 169.91 MiB 30.85 MiB
554626 macOS DLC 644900Mac - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Classic Chloe Pre-Order Outfit Pack (644900) 64.17 MiB 13.56 MiB
554627 macOS DLC 648010Mac - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Mixtape Zen Mode (648010) 147.98 MiB 127.98 MiB
554628 macOS DLC 650970Mac - Life is Strange: Debug DLC (650970) No size
554629 macOS DLC 763780Mac - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Farewell (763780) 2.70 GiB 2.18 GiB
642081 macOS DLC 824500Mac - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Japanese (824500) 3.60 GiB 3.13 GiB
642082 Linux Linux - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 1 (554621) 6.84 GiB 4.68 GiB
642083 Linux DLC 642080Linux - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 2 (642080) 6.34 GiB 5.07 GiB
642084 Linux DLC 704740Linux - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Episode 3 (704740) 5.91 GiB 5.06 GiB
642085 Linux DLC 642900Linux - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Chloe Outfit Pack (642900) 172.93 MiB 33.53 MiB
642086 Linux DLC 644900Linux - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Classic Chloe Pre-Order Outfit Pack (644900) 65.13 MiB 14.12 MiB
642087 Linux DLC 648010Linux - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Mixtape Zen Mode (648010) 151.43 MiB 130.43 MiB
642088 Linux DLC 650970Linux - Life is Strange: Debug DLC (650970) No size
642089 Linux DLC 763780Linux - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Farewell (763780) 2.72 GiB 2.19 GiB
642901 Linux DLC 824500Linux - Life is Strange: Before the Storm Japanese (824500) 3.62 GiB 3.15 GiB
642902 Linux Linux - Overrides No size

Total size on disk is 76.20 GiB and total download size is 60.24 GiB.

Total size on disk is 6.49 GiB and total download size is 4.54 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 3155149 25 September 2018 – 15:50:03 UTC
local (local server) Local Content Server 1599731 8 February 2017 – 17:07:57 UTC

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baselanguages English
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