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Life is Strange: True Colors

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Emotional and immersive story
  • Well-developed characters
  • Beautiful visuals and soundtrack
  • Meaningful player choices
  • Engaging small town setting

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Limited gameplay challenge
  • Some players find price high for content
  • Choices have subtle rather than major impact
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Crystalline

  • Life is Strange Remastered

  • Lost Records: Bloom & Rage

  • Komorebi

  • Mystic Destinies: Serendipity of Aeons

  • Flowers -Le volume sur ete-

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Life is Strange: True Colors but with less of a community feel

  • Dreamfall Chapters

  • Heavy Rain

  • The Wolf Among Us

  • Along the Edge

  • Starlight Vega

  • Elisa: The Innkeeper - Prequel

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Life is Strange: True Colors but with less leadership over others

  • Life is Strange: Reunion

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm

  • Until Then

  • Love Begins With Goodbye

  • Love Love Mystery Club

  • When The Night Comes

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Life is Strange: Reunion

  • Life is Strange Remastered

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered

  • Life is Strange: Before the Storm

  • The Expanse: A Telltale Series

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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: True Colors: 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 Fellowship, Leadership, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026