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

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S • 2022

Should you play it?

Life is Strange: Before the Storm returns with remastered visuals across characters & environments.

What works
  • Emotional and immersive story
  • Strong character development
  • Improved facial animations and graphics in remaster
  • Meaningful player choices
  • Excellent soundtrack
Things to keep in mind
  • Numerous bugs and glitches reported
  • Short game length
  • Some audio and subtitle issues
  • Limited gameplay mechanics
  • Remaster improvements considered minor by some

What to play next

Similar games, hidden gems, and fresh directions from this game.

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Life is Strange: Reunion

  • True Love ～Confide to the Maple～

  • Life is Strange Remastered

  • Memory Oblivion Box

  • The NOexistenceN of you AND me

  • Twin Mirror

  • Tell Me Why

  • Along the Edge

  • The Lion's Song: Episode 1 - Silence
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Memory Oblivion Box

  • Just, Bearly

  • One Dreamer
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Similarity map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. 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. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Fantasy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Progression

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