Games like Life is Strange: Before the Storm
If Life is Strange: Before the Storm is your kind of game, the closest matches are Life is Strange - Episode 1, Life is Strange 2 and Life is Strange: True Colors — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, emotional and intense. 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.
Get personalized picks →Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a three-part episodic adventure released in 2017 by Deck Nine. Players assume the role of Chloe Price three years before the events of the original Life is Strange, forming an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber. The game centers on dialogue choices and features a backtalk system that allows players to verbally spar with authority figures, while character diaries and dream sequences explore Chloe's inner struggles. Players describe the teenage rebellion and grief portrayed as emotionally intense and melancholic, and note that Chloe and Rachel's relationship feels raw and real. The game carries a 93% positive rating from over 13,000 Steam reviews, runs playable on Steam Deck, and is priced at $16.99.
About Life is Strange: Before the Storm: 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.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Top pick for Life is Strange: Before the Storm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Life is Strange 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Second-strongest match for Life is Strange: Before the Storm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
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.
Life is Strange: True Colors
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Third-strongest match for Life is Strange: Before the Storm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Life is Strange Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Ranked #4 for Life is Strange: Before the Storm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Ranked #5 for Life is Strange: Before the Storm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
The Walking Dead: Season Two
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Ranked #6 for Life is Strange: Before the Storm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
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.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure
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Ranked #7 for Life is Strange: Before the Storm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
Life is Strange: Reunion
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Shares dialogue choices and an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Ranked #8 for Life is Strange: Before the Storm fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Life is Strange: Before the Storm
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Night in the Woods
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Shares dialogue choices and an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Reviewers of Life is Strange: Before the Storm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.
Oxenfree
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Reviewers of Life is Strange: Before the Storm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
Heavy Rain
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Reviewers of Life is Strange: Before the Storm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Beyond: Two Souls
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Reviewers of Life is Strange: Before the Storm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
A unique psychological action thriller delivered by A-list Hollywood performances by Elliot Page and Willem Dafoe, Beyond: Two Souls takes you on a thrilling journey across the globe as you play out the remarkable life of Jodie Holmes.
The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Reviewers of Life is Strange: Before the Storm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games that can also be played online with a friend. In Man of Medan, five friends set sail on a holiday diving trip that soon changes into something much more sinister.
The Walking Dead
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Reviewers of Life is Strange: Before the Storm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
Detroit: Become Human
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Shares an emotional mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Reviewers of Life is Strange: Before the Storm cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Reviewers of Life is Strange: Before the Storm cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Life is Strange: Before the Storm at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~41% under Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
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Priced ~41% under Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~41% under Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~41% under Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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Priced ~41% under Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~41% under Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~71% under Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~59% under Life is Strange: Before the Storm on Steam right now. Shares Action with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Life is Strange: True Colors
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Another title from Deck Nine, the studio behind Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Alex Chen hides her 'curse': the psychic power of Empathy, the ability to absorb the emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her power to find the truth.
Life is Strange Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Another title from Deck Nine, the studio behind Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Another title from Deck Nine, the studio behind Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Shares Action and Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.
The Expanse: A Telltale Series
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Another title from Deck Nine, the studio behind Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Shares Adventure with Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!
Frequently asked about Life is Strange: Before the Storm
- Does Life is Strange: Before the Storm run on Steam Deck?
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Life is Strange: Before the Storm cost?
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Life is Strange: Before the Storm?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Life is Strange: Before the Storm are Life is Strange - Episode 1, Life is Strange 2, Life is Strange: True Colors.
- Who developed Life is Strange: Before the Storm?
- Life is Strange: Before the Storm was developed by Deck Nine, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) and published by Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux).
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