Adventure
Life is Strange 2
Give it 15 hours
Gets good by 15h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 47% of players who started
Started playing 46% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 41,333
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (26%); after 20h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 47% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “A Long Road Ahead” (Finish Episode 1) and “Free Spirits” (Finish Episode 2): from 99% to 66% of starters.
- Only 46% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 41,612 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 18.2h for positive, 16.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (46.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- A Long Road Ahead Finish Episode 1 99% −1
- Free Spirits Finish Episode 2 Most players quit here 66% −33
- Adrift Finish Episode 3 60% −6
- Romans 3:23 Finish Episode 4 54% −6
- Homeward Bound Finish Episode 5 47% −6
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Sketchy Start any drawing in Episode 1 100%
- A Long Road Ahead Finish Episode 1 99%
- Bear Aware Find optional collectible #2 in Episode 1 93%
- Bonus Miles Find optional collectible #3 in Episode 1 75%
- Free Spirits Finish Episode 2 66%
- Draw The Line Start any drawing in Episode 2 65%
- Adrift Finish Episode 3 60%
- American Graffiti Start any drawing in Episode 3 59%
- Train Of Thought Find optional collectible #2 in Episode 3 55%
- Romans 3:23 Finish Episode 4 54%
- A New Perspective Find optional collectible #1 in Episode 4 52%
- Wolf Pack Finish all Life is Strange 2 episodes 52%
- Chiaroscuro Start any drawing in Episode 4 52%
- Homeward Bound Finish Episode 5 47%
- Trail Angel Find optional collectible #5 in Episode 1 46%
- Out Of Ink Start any drawing in Episode 5 46%
- Ranger Find optional collectible #4 in Episode 1 46%
- The Age Of Reason Find optional collectible #2 in Episode 5 45%
- All Sinners Find optional collectible #5 in Episode 4 42%
- Room Service Find optional collectible #6 in Episode 1 37%
- Small Town Blues Find optional collectible #6 in Episode 2 35%
- Lone Wolf Find optional collectible #2 in Episode 4 35%
- She Wolf Find optional collectible #3 in Episode 5 33%
- Promised Land Find optional collectible #4 in Episode 4 27%
- Bad Santa Find optional collectible #3 in Episode 2 25%
- Sidetracked Find optional collectible #1 in Episode 1 25%
- Heirloom Find optional collectible #4 in Episode 2 24%
- One Of Us Find optional collectible #6 in Episode 3 23%
- Boundaries Find optional collectible #6 in Episode 5 22%
- Heaven & Hell Find optional collectible #6 in Episode 4 21%
- Family Business Find optional collectible #2 in Episode 2 20%
- The Dharma Bums Find optional collectible #1 in Episode 3 20%
- Amazing Grace Find optional collectible #3 in Episode 4 20%
- Back in Time Find optional collectible #1 in Episode 2 20%
- Teenage Angst Find optional collectible #5 in Episode 2 19%
- Dillydallying Find all optional collectibles in Episode 1 19%
- Dancing Days Find optional collectible #5 in Episode 3 18%
- The Magic Place Find optional collectible #1 in Episode 5 18%
- A Private Journey Find all optional collectibles in Episode 2 16%
- Zero Hugs Given Find optional collectible #3 in Episode 3 16%
- Green Thumbs Find optional collectible #4 in Episode 3 16%
- Dead Man's Bones Find optional collectible #5 in Episode 5 14%
- Lost Boys Chronicles Find all optional collectibles in Episode 3 13%
- Archivist Find all optional collectibles in Episode 4 12%
- Remorseful Find optional collectible #4 in Episode 5 11%
- Specks Of Dust Find all optional collectibles in Episode 5 9.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.