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Life is Strange: Before the Storm vs Life is Strange - Episode 1

Reviews on Steam

Life is Strange - Episode 1

3.7× more reviews

Critical reception

Life is Strange - Episode 1

3pp gap

Estimated sales (median)

Life is Strange - Episode 1

3.7× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

2 years apart

A

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

2017 · Action

Deck Nine · Square Enix

Reviews
33,386
Positive
93%
Launch price
$16.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
3.0M
Net rev
$29.2M
B

Life is Strange - Episode 1

2015 · Action

DONTNOD Entertainment · Square Enix

Reviews
122,787
Positive
96%
Launch price
n/a
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
11.1M
Net rev
$94.7M

Tag overlap

85% shared , 17 shared tags, 3 only on Life is Strange: Before the Storm, 3 only on Life is Strange - Episode 1.

Only Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Choose Your Own AdventureDramaPsychological Horror

Shared

Story RichChoices MatterGreat SoundtrackFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericSingleplayerEpisodicAdventureMultiple EndingsThird PersonMysteryActionIndieLGBTQ+Walking SimulatorPoint & ClickMemes

Only Life is Strange - Episode 1

Time TravelTime ManipulationCasual

Sales estimates

Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.

Sales estimate

vv1.0

1.8M to 4.2M

units (median: 3.0M)

≈ $17.5M to $40.8M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

1.8Mmedian4.2M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

6.6M to 15.5M

units (median: 11.1M)

≈ $56.8M to $132.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

6.6Mmedian15.5M

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