SummaryLife is Strange is a hand drawn work of art and every action enacts a butterfly effect - but with the power to rewind time, what would you change? And would it turn out to be a change for the better or worse?
Rated Mfor Mature
Developer:DONTNOD Entertainment
Life is Strange
Released On:
Oct 20, 2015
Metascore
Generally Favorable
85
User score
Generally Favorable
8.6
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
85
96% Positive
22 Reviews
22 Reviews
4% Mixed
1 Review
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0% Negative
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Nov 1, 2015
95
From its opening moment until its final scene plays, Life is Strange is a wonderful, beautiful, captivating, touching adventure built upon the undying friendship of two girls trying to find their place in the world.
Jan 8, 2016
90
With tremendous cunning, Dontnod’s game moves from a teenage super-power fantasy toward a comment on our universal wish to repair time.
User score
Generally Favorable
8.6
84% Positive
3117 Ratings
3117 Ratings
11% Mixed
412 Ratings
412 Ratings
5% Negative
188 Ratings
188 Ratings
Sep 29, 2026
10
There are games that entertain, games that amuse… and then there are the ones that cut straight through you. *Life is Strange* belongs to that last category. I’ve just finished its five episodes, and I still have a lump in my throat.From the very first moment, the game grabs you by the emotions and doesn’t let go. It made me feel hatred, sadness, happiness, helplessness, and pure impact in a way very few titles ever manage. I cried four times throughout the story. Four. That’s not something that usually happens to me with video games, and that alone says a lot about the power with which Dontnod builds its **** protagonist, Max Caulfield, is one of the greatest strengths. She’s not the typical perfect heroine or a flat character who only reacts to what happens around her. She’s insecure, curious, a bit clumsy at times, and deeply human. Her relationship with Chloe, the weight of the choices, and the way the game forces you to live with the consequences make you truly get involved. You’re not watching a story — you’re inside **** gameplay is simple but effective. The time-rewind system isn’t just a cool gameplay trick; it becomes a brilliant narrative tool. It gives you the illusion of control… and then reminds you, over and over, that you can’t always fix everything. That feeling of powerlessness is one of the things that stuck with me the **** the music… the music is another character entirely. The soundtrack accompanies every scene with brutal emotional precision. There are tracks that lodge themselves in your mind and keep resonating even after the game is **** ending left me with a lump in my throat that’s hard to explain. No spoilers, but it’s one of those conclusions that force you to just sit there staring at the screen in silence for a while. It doesn’t aim for a comfortable ending. It aims to make you feel.*Life is Strange* isn’t a perfect game in every technical aspect, and it doesn’t pretend to be. Its strength lies somewhere else: in how it makes you feel. In how it makes you care about its characters, suffer with them, and, when it’s all over, leave you thinking about the choices you made and the ones you didn’t.Very few games manage to generate so many different emotions in such a short time. This one does. And it does it **** experience I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone looking for something more than simple mechanics or a background story. If you let yourself get carried away, *Life is Strange* leaves a mark.
Aug 14, 2026
10
Favorite game of all time!!!!! It's been a decade of loving this game and I don't think I'll love any other game as much
Nov 7, 2015
90
While it isn’t perfect and there are limitations evident in each episode, Life Is Strange sets a new precedent for episodic gaming and reiterates why it’s a bona fide contender for 2015’s GOTY, despite facing fierce competition for that distinguished accolade.
Oct 29, 2015
87
The greatest strength of Life is Strange is that the excellent character work, supernatural twists, and serene environments manage to overcome any technical issues. It was easy for us to get hooked on guiding Max through this tumultuous time in her life, and the ending left our hearts and minds drained.
Dec 29, 2015
85
Due to excellent voice performances, a mysterious, sleepy little town that has plenty of intrigue and secrets, the added benefit of some exploration, and the undeniably appealing rewind feature, the game has a unique and extremely absorbing feel.
Oct 22, 2015
80
Life is Strange fails to execute in critical spots, but it's beautiful world, fun time-reversal, and honest look at adolescence makes it a game worth remembering. A diamond in the rough.
Oct 21, 2015
70
As a whole series, Life is Strange has been an intriguing and emotional experience. The rewind mechanic is an intelligent inclusion to the interactive drama genre and gives the impression of having significant control over the narrative. That said, there's certainly an argument that player choices have all been leading to a singular binary decision which somewhat softens the finale's emotional punch.
Feb 8, 2026
7
Life is strange is a strange game. Following the friendship of Chloe and Max was enjoyable, i just feel like the words "Best" and "10/10" has a lot of weight. Weight that this game simply couldn't balance out. Don't get me wrong this game is undoubtfully great, but it left me wishing for more. As spoken for one of the best story games of all time, it's honestly disappointing.
Dec 20, 2024
7
Not that good. LIS is an okay game, the story is nice for the most part characters were okay some maybe good but its dissapointing. Now this game is fun but not really that good, it tells you constantly about choices and consequences but they dont matter too much no matter if you abuse time travel or not. The arguably better ending is the one where your choices literally dont matter. I know a bit of the point in these games like telltale ones, is that the desicions help you to get more inmmersed more than anything, but it wouldnt **** that much here if the ending actually showcased how the other desicions affected the rest. The whole point of the game is the story and while i will say that i consider it good, i wont say its among the best ever, personally chloe wasnt that memorable as a character, max is pretty good tho, almost everyone else is pretty much forgettable, the antagonist is good but there werent any real clues aside from 1 conversation and having an incredibly keen eye in some parts of the game. As for the rest, i liked quite a bit the artstyle, ost was good for the most and for the price it aint bad (on sale)
Nov 20, 2024
4
Fun to play-through, but quite a quick play. Graphics for playing it now just don't hold up. Overall, good story, decent dialogue and characters, and an overall too short experience for what they could have accomplished.
Jan 12, 2024
4
The story is too juvenile to keep me interested in the game mechanics, which are quite interesting, and I quickly became bored. I felt like I was being forced to watch a teenage drama.
Platforms:
- PlayStation 4
- Xbox One
- PC
- PlayStation 3
- Xbox 360
- iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Initial Release Date:Oct 20, 2015
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