Life is Strange

DONTNOD Entertainment / January 29, 2015 / Rated Mature

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Released

2015

Publisher

Square Enix

Time to beat

~6 hrs

Community

15,943

Interactive storytelling and plot-heavy games gained popularity, and “Life is Strange” arrived as teen mystery adventure. The plot will go through the life of Maxine, a teenager in possession of curious power, allowing her to stop and rewind time, in order to manipulate her surroundings. Max, after the reunion with her friend Chloe, is on the path to uncovering the secrets of Arcadia Bay. Players will have to deal with puzzle solving through the fetch quests, in order to change the world around them.
The game puts players in situations, where they’re forced to make a moral choice, going through the decision which may have short-term or long-term consequences. Every choice made by the player will trigger the butterfly effect, surrounding the first playthrough of the game with a lot of emotional struggle, thoughtfully crafted by the developers at Dontnod Entertainment. Life is Strange is third person adventure game, where players might seem just as an observer of the stories, unfolding in front of them.

Life Is Strange is a series of adventure games published by Square Enix's External Studios. Created by Dontnod Entertainment, the series debuted with the eponymous first installment, which was released in five episodes throughout 2015. It was followed by a prequel, Life Is Strange: Before the Storm, which was developed by Deck Nine and released in three episodes throughout 2017, with the downloadable content (DLC) Farewell released in early 2018. The sequel Life Is Strange 2 and its spin-off The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit were developed by Dontnod and released between 2018 and 2019. A fourth installment, Life Is Strange: True Colors, was developed by Deck Nine and released in September 2021, along with the DLC Wavelengths later that month. Additionally, a remastered collection of the original game and its prequel was released in February 2022. The fifth and sixth installments, Life Is Strange: Double Exposure, released in October 2024, and Life Is Strange: Reunion, released in March 2026, were also developed by Deck Nine.