Life is Strange: Before the Storm similar games & best alternatives

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Life is Strange: Before the Storm

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Emotional and immersive storytelling
  • Well-developed characters and relationships
  • Excellent soundtrack and atmosphere
  • Meaningful player choices affecting narrative
  • Accessible gameplay with unique dialogue mechanics

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Lack of time-rewind mechanic from original
  • Some find replay emotionally difficult
  • Minor continuity issues with original game
  • Limited gameplay variety beyond narrative choices

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Flowers -Le volume sur ete-

  • Katawa Shoujo

  • Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

  • Love Delivery

  • Until Then

  • Life is Strange Remastered

More fantastical

Games that feels like Life is Strange: Before the Storm but with more imaginative fiction

  • Dreamfall Chapters

  • Starlight Vega

  • The Symbiant

  • Bishojo Mangekyo Kotowari to Meikyu no Shojo

  • Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

  • Seduce Me 2: The Demon War

Less expressive

Games that feels like Life is Strange: Before the Storm but with less self-expression and customization

  • Love Ribbon

  • Kujlevka

  • Moe Era

  • 1979 Revolution: Black Friday

  • SeaBed

  • Life is Strange: Reunion

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Life is Strange: Before the Storm but with less of a community feel

  • Before Your Eyes

  • Along the Edge

  • Crimson Imprint plus -Nonexistent Christmas-

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered

  • Bai Qu: Hundreds of Melodies

  • School Years

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered

  • Life is Strange Remastered

  • Life is Strange: True Colors

  • Life is Strange: Reunion

  • The Expanse: A Telltale Series

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Life is Strange: Before the Storm: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 03/08/2026