Life Is Strange

#11of 2015

2015 ~16h to beatPuzzle Adventure Indie ActionFantasyScience fictionDramaMystery

3.9/5

IGDB score

Across media

The same story in other forms.

the film

Life Is Strange

About

Life Is Strange is a five part episodic game that sets out to revolutionize story based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

The vibe

ActionFantasyScience fictionDramaMysterysoccerfootballexplorationtime travelphotographydeathtime manipulation

Screenshots

Developer

DON'T NOD

Publisher

Feral Interactive, Square Enix

Release date

29 Jan 2015

Metacritic

HowLongToBeat

~16h

Community rating

81.0 / 5(1.9k)

Official site

Platforms

PlayStation 3PlayStation 4LinuxAndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)iOSMacXbox 360Xbox One

Where to buy

SteamFree to play

Xbox Store Steam GOG App Store PlayStation Store Google Play Amazon

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