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Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Deck Nine / Aug 31, 2017 / Action, Adventure

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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.

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What's new

Life is Strange: Double Exposure - Reveal Livestream

2024-06-10

Max Caulfield returns in Life is Strange: Double Exposure, an all-new supernatural murder mystery in the award winning Life is Strange series, by Deck Nine Games. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1874000 Join us for the Life is Strange: Double Exposure Reveal Livestream right here, this Thursday, June 13th at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 5pm BST / 6pm CEST. See extended gameplay and learn more about Max's new adventure, with information from Hannah Telle (Max Caulfield) and the Game and Narrative Directors from Deck Nine Games.

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What players say

Very Positive

93% positive, 14,968 reviews

Recommended15 hrs played

I was pleasantly surprised by this game. It's clearly inferior to Life is Strange, but in my eyes, it's more than just extended lore for unsatiated fans. Yes, the ending feels rushed, some dialogues sound forced, and the new “back talk” mechanic is clunky and unrewarding. But I was drawn in by how the game explores intimacy. Everyone violates others' private spaces — bedrooms, personal files, or deep secrets. Chloe...

22 found this helpful, 2025-12-07

Recommended20 hrs played

Before the Storm is divisive within the community mostly thanks to the LiS1 purists but if we ignore that loud and relatively small part of the fandom we can actually discuss how what's on offer here is a wonderful prequel that offers players deeper insight to both Chloe and the major events that setup the first game - everything in here was clearly crafted by fans of DONT NOD's original game and it's all made with...

15 found this helpful, 2026-02-20

Recommended23 hrs played

Life is Strange: Before the Storm isn’t as groundbreaking as its predecessor, but it is a refinement of those ideas. Chloe and Rachel’s relationship is heartwarming, and a solid core for the rest to wrap itself around. Excellent character writing makes up for the moments when the overarching story drags, or when it gets too ham-fisted. That’s really the lesson, here: Write good characters, and the stakes can be as...

17 found this helpful, 2025-12-31