Life is Strange - Episode 1
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.
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About This Game
Life is Strange - Episode 1 is a action/adventure game designed for single-player, developed by DONTNOD Entertainment and Feral Interactive (Mac) and Feral Interactive (Linux) and released in 2015. With 172k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the most-reviewed games on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 96.2/100 — a exceptional reception overall. According to player data, the main story takes around 2.1 hours, with side content bringing that to 2.98 hours, and a completionist run can reach 3.26 hours. Players commonly describe it as Story Rich, Choices Matter, Great Soundtrack, Female Protagonist and Time Travel.
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User Reviews
96.2
Overall Score / 100
9.6/10
Steam (171967 reviews)
Playtime Estimates
2.1h
🎯 Main Story
2.98h
⭐ Main + Sides
3.26h
💯 Completionist
Based on 16 player submissions
DLCs (1)
Life is Strange™ - Directors' Commentary
Free
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Game Information
Release Date
January 29, 2015
Developer
DONTNOD Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Publisher
Square Enix, Feral interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux
Controller
Full Support
Price
Free to Play
Analytics & Metrics
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System Requirements
🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
🐧 Linux
Minimum
- OS *: Windows Vista
- Processor: Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM (not recommended for Intel HD Graphics cards)
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Recommended
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Dual Core 3.0GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/ 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or ATI HD 4890)
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 14 GB available space
Minimum
- OS: macOS 10.11
- Processor: 1.8GHz Intel or greater
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512Mb AMD 4850, 512Mb Nvidia GT130, Intel HD4000 (See Notes for more details)
- Storage: 15 GB available space
- Additional Notes: The game is supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
- * All MacBook Airs released since Mid 2012 (1)
- * All 13” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012 (1)
- * All 15” & 17" MacBook Pros released since Mid 2010 with a 512Mb graphics card or better
- * All Mac Minis released since Late 2012 (1)
- * All iMacs released since Early 2009 with a 512Mb graphics card or better
- * All Mac Pros released since early 2009
- (1) HD4000 & HD5000 cards require at least 8GB of System Memory
- * All MacBooks released since Early 2016
Minimum
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 / SteamOS 2.0
- Processor: Intel i3 or AMD FX6300
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA 640 (1GB), AMD R9 270, Intel Iris Pro 6200 or better
- Storage: 16 GB available space
- Additional Notes: NVIDIA GPU's require Driver version 367.27 (tested). AMD and Intel GPU's require MESA 11.2 (tested). AMD GPUs are not supported on SteamOS
Recommended
- OS: Ubuntu 16.04 / SteamOS 2.0
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or better
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA 7xx series or better
- Storage: 16 GB available space
- Additional Notes: NVIDIA GPU's require Driver version 367.27 (tested). AMD and Intel GPU's require MESA 11.2 (tested). AMD GPUs are not supported on SteamOS
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