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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
Give it 2 hours
Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 74% of players who started
Started playing 75% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 37,958
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 5 reviews are negative (21%); after 10h it's 1 in 17 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 74% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Awake, Dear Heart” (Complete Episode 1: Awake) and “O, Wonder!” (Complete Episode 2: Brave New World): from 96% to 82% of starters.
- 75% of owners got the first achievement.
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 38,186 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 12.7h for positive, 9h 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 (74.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Awake, Dear Heart Complete Episode 1: Awake 96% −4
- O, Wonder! Complete Episode 2: Brave New World Most players quit here 82% −14
- All the Devils are Here Complete Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 74% −8
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- I See U Saw Complete the optional graffiti #2 in Episode 1: Awake 100%
- Awake, Dear Heart Complete Episode 1: Awake 96%
- Recreational Vandalism Complete the optional graffiti #1 in Episode 1: Awake 93%
- Feels on Wheels Complete the optional graffiti #3 in Episode 2: Brave New World 82%
- O, Wonder! Complete Episode 2: Brave New World 82%
- Wishlist Complete the optional graffiti #5 in Episode 2: Brave New World 75%
- Before the Storm Complete Episode 1, Episode 2 and Episode 3 of Life is Strange: Before the Storm 74%
- All the Devils are Here Complete Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 74%
- The Last Unicorn Complete the optional graffiti #3 in Episode 1: Awake 73%
- Canon Wall Complete the optional graffiti #4 in Episode 2: Brave New World 66%
- Drunk Drawer Complete the optional graffiti #9 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 65%
- Extra Credit Complete the optional graffiti #2 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 63%
- Pioneer Spirit Complete the optional graffiti #8 in Episode 1: Awake 63%
- American Graffiti Complete the optional graffiti #1 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 61%
- Vanity Fare Complete the optional graffiti #9 in Episode 2: Brave New World 60%
- Dramatis Personae Complete the optional graffiti #6 in Episode 1: Awake 58%
- Radical Piratical Complete the optional graffiti #2 in Episode 2: Brave New World 55%
- Monthly Masterpiece Complete the optional graffiti #4 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 51%
- Friendly Forest Friends Complete the optional graffiti #6 in Episode 2: Brave New World 51%
- Creature Feature Complete the optional graffiti #10 in Episode 2: Brave New World 46%
- Home Unimprovement Complete the optional graffiti #4 in Episode 1: Awake 45%
- A Penned Appendage Complete the optional graffiti #8 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 44%
- Mulligan Stew Complete the optional graffiti #7 in Episode 1: Awake 43%
- Tread Harshly Complete the optional graffiti #7 in Episode 2: Brave New World 43%
- Rock Idol Complete the optional graffiti #5 in Episode 1: Awake 42%
- Hello Nurse Complete the optional graffiti #7 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 39%
- Spit Take Complete the optional graffiti #5 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 37%
- Stagehandwriting Complete the optional graffiti #1 in Episode 2: Brave New World 37%
- Peer Review Complete the optional graffiti #3 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 35%
- Face Your Anger Complete the optional graffiti #9 in Episode 1: Awake 32%
- Lucid Writing Complete the optional graffiti #10 in Episode 1: Awake 32%
- Venting Machine Complete the optional graffiti #6 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 27%
- Messed Up Complete the optional graffiti #10 in Episode 3: Hell Is Empty 25%
- Permanent Record Complete the optional graffiti #8 in Episode 2: Brave New World 24%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.