Life is Strange: Before the Storm — Who recommends this game?

Lifetime gross spend

$28.04Mest

grossAtFullPrice $28.04M · promo blend

Net to developer

$18.06Mest

after Valve / VAT / refunds

Lifetime units

1,650,330▼ 100.0%

1,264 / day median · launch

Launch window · 30d

$464K2% of LTD

38K units · $12.23 ASP

Confidence

medium±18%

Based on 33,340 reviews collected over 8.7 years; balanced multi-language audience; non-Early-Access.

01 Revenue · monthly

Gross consumer spend USD

Gross

02 Lifetime breakdown

Launch window vs tail · units & spend

30 days launch window

Launch · units

38K

37,9172.3%

Tail · units

1.6M

1,612,41397.7%

Launch · gross

$464K

$464K1.7%

Tail · gross

$27.58M

$27.58M98.3%

Net to dev

$18.06M

$18.06M64.4%

01 Like Score

qualityScore = Σ inbound · log₁₀(reviews+1) · positive% · rank-bonus

Tier C · ▼ 12 7d

DC ●BAS

Inbound

Σ log₁₀(R+1)

Avg pos%

72%

→ 58

Score history · 30d retention

55 (14d ago)58 (now)

02 Top inbound contributors

Games whose “More Like This” lists rank Life is Strange: Before the Storm · 20 inbound · top 10 shown

qualityScore 58

Life is Strange - Episode 1173K reviews · 96% pos · DONTNOD Entertainment · 2015

+5.0

The Walking Dead52K reviews · 97% pos · Telltale Games · 2012

+4.6

Life is Strange 240K reviews · 87% pos · DONTNOD Entertainment · 2018

+4.0

Life is Strange: Reunion3.6K reviews · 90% pos · Deck Nine Games · 2026

+3.2

Lake4.3K reviews · 87% pos · Gamious · 2021

+3.2

The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence2.2K reviews · 92% pos · Mi'pu'mi Games GmbH · 2016

+3.1

Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series11K reviews · 75% pos · Telltale Games · 2014

+3.0

Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two1.5K reviews · 91% pos · Telltale Games · 2017

+2.9

Life is Strange: Double Exposure7.4K reviews · 68% pos · Deck Nine Games · 2024

+2.6

Rosewater326 reviews · 91% pos · Grundislav Games · 2025

+2.3

+ 10 more inbound gamesLong tail · ranks across catalog

+11.0

03 Life is Strange: Before the Storm’s “More like this”

Outbound MLT · 30 games

View all →

#1Dispatch

97%164K

#2Life is Strange: Reunion

90%3.6K

#3STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™

89%73K

#4Red Dead Redemption 2

92%803K

#5Fable

0%0

#6The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

96%804K

#7The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

94%210K

#8Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

87%29K

Review score

8/ 9

Very Positive

% positive

92.9%cohort 71%

31,025 pos · 2,371 neg

Total reviews

33Ktracked

33,396 crawled

Velocity · 30d

3 / dayest

76 this month

Steam-purchase rate

86.7%flat

13.3% free / EA / key

01 Language distribution

Reviewer interface language · count, share of total, share positive

29 languages · top 12 shown

ENEnglish

38.2%12,75692%

ZHSimplified Chinese

18.0%6,00291%

RURussian

11.7%3,90993%

PTBrazilian Portuguese

7.3%2,43498%

DEGerman

5.1%1,68996%

ESSpanish

5.0%1,67494%

FRFrench

3.1%1,03490%

PLPolish

2.7%88797%

TRTurkish

1.9%62492%

ITItalian

1.3%43891%

KOKorean

1.1%37784%

CZCzech

0.9%31396%

02 Reviews by playtime

Hours played at time of review · positive% per bucket

0-1h 575

74%positive

1.7% of reviewsrefund window

1-10h 12,234

92%positive

36.6% of reviews

10-100h 20,488

94%positive

61.3% of reviews

100h+ 99

94%positive

0.3% of reviews

03 Monthly timeline

Reviews per month · positive vs negative stacked · since launch

Positive 31,025Negative 2,371

2.6k2k1.3k6510

17·0918·1019·1120·1222·0123·0224·0325·0426·04

04 Breakdowns

Reviews segmented · count, % of total, % positive

33,396 reviews

Free product

447/ 33,396

1.3% of total93% positive

Early access

0/ 33,396

0.0% of total— no data

Key activation

3,988/ 33,396

11.9% of total94% positive

Steam Deck

41/ 33,396

0.1% of total93% positive

Steam purchase

28,961/ 33,396

86.7% of total93% positive

Recommended

31,025/ 33,396

92.9% of total— votedUp

Not recommended

2,371/ 33,396

7.1% of total— votedDown

Reviews crawled

33,396/ 33,396

100.0% of total93% positive

33,340 reviews · 93% positive

Detailed reviewer overlap is being computed. Check back soon.