Games like Life is Strange - Episode 1
If Life is Strange - Episode 1 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Life is Strange 2 and Quantum Break — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and poignant. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Life is Strange: Before the Storm
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Top pick for Life is Strange - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
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.
Life is Strange 2
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Second-strongest match for Life is Strange - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Quantum Break
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Third-strongest match for Life is Strange - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
Twelve Minutes
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Ranked #4 for Life is Strange - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
The Sexy Brutale
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Ranked #5 for Life is Strange - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
The Wolf Among Us
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Ranked #6 for Life is Strange - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Elsinore
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Ranked #7 for Life is Strange - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.
Eternal Threads
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Ranked #8 for Life is Strange - Episode 1 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Eternal Threads is a single-player, first-person story-driven puzzle game of time manipulation, choice and consequence.
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The Longest Journey
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Reviewers of Life is Strange - Episode 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Reviewers of Life is Strange - Episode 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
The Walking Dead: Season Two
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Reviewers of Life is Strange - Episode 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad.
Twin Peaks VR
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Reviewers of Life is Strange - Episode 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Twin Peaks VR brings people into the world of Twin Peaks using the immersive technology of VR. Based on the iconic television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, players will be able to experience several locations from the show including the Red Room, Glastonbury Grove, Sheriff's Department, Glass Box Observation and more.
Portal 2
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Reviewers of Life is Strange - Episode 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
The Wolf Among Us
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Reviewers of Life is Strange - Episode 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Portal
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Reviewers of Life is Strange - Episode 1 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Portal™ is a new single player game from Valve. Set in the mysterious Aperture Science Laboratories, Portal has been called one of the most innovative new games on the horizon and will offer gamers hours of unique gameplay.
Spec Ops: The Line
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A Third-Person modern military Shooter designed to challenge players' morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations.
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Life is Strange 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Another title from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind Life is Strange - Episode 1. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Vampyr
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Another title from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind Life is Strange - Episode 1. Shares Action with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
Remember Me
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Another title from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind Life is Strange - Episode 1. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories.
Tell Me Why
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Another title from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind Life is Strange - Episode 1. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Tell Me Why is the multi-award winning episodic adventure game from Dontnod Entertainment in which twins use their supernatural bond to discover the truth of their troubled past.
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Another title from DONTNOD Entertainment, the studio behind Life is Strange - Episode 1. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Have you ever dreamt of being a superhero? Meet Chris, a creative and imaginative 9 year old boy who escapes reality with fantastical adventures as his alter ego, the Awesome Captain Spirit! Captain Spirit is a free demo set in the Life is Strange universe. Contains links to Life is Strange 2
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Life is Strange 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
After a tragic incident, brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz run away from home. Fearing the police, and dealing with Daniel's new telekinetic power, the boys head to Mexico. Each stop on their journey brings new friends and new challenges.
Twelve Minutes
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
An interactive thriller about a man trapped in a time loop. Featuring James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe.
The Sexy Brutale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
The Sexy Brutale — a never-ending masked ball featuring intrigue, murder and the (quite possibly) occult! Relive the same mysterious day where the guests at the casino mansion are being murdered by the staff over and over again...
Elsinore
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange - Episode 1.
Elsinore is a time-looping adventure game set in the world of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Elsinore combines strong social simulation elements, a dynamic story that reacts immediately to player decisions, and a world full of diverse characters with secrets to uncover.
Frequently asked about Life is Strange - Episode 1
- Does Life is Strange - Episode 1 run on Steam Deck?
- Life is Strange - Episode 1 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is Life is Strange - Episode 1 free to play?
- Yes — Life is Strange - Episode 1 is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to Life is Strange - Episode 1?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Life is Strange - Episode 1 are Life is Strange: Before the Storm, Life is Strange 2, Quantum Break.
- Who developed Life is Strange - Episode 1?
- Life is Strange - Episode 1 was developed by DONTNOD Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) and published by Square Enix, Feral interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux).
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