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Life is Strange Remastered
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 50% of players who started
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 92% positive of 11,496
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 15h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 50% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Chrysalis”: only 84% of starters get there.
- 78% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 11,560 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 15.3h for positive, 15.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (78.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Chrysalis Finish Episode 1: Chrysalis Most players quit here 84% −16
- Out of Time Finish Episode 2: Out of Time 68% −16
- Chaos Theory Finish Episode 3: Chaos Theory 60% −8
- Dark Room Finish Episode 4: Dark Room 53% −6
- Polarized Finish Episode 5: Polarized 50% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (60)
story milestone ending side
- Macro Eyes Take optional photo #1 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 100%
- Chrysalis Finish Episode 1: Chrysalis 84%
- Red Eye Take optional photo #5 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 73%
- Out of Time Finish Episode 2: Out of Time 68%
- Dynamic Range Take optional photo #7 in Episode 2: Out of Time 65%
- Field of View Take optional photo #1 in Episode 2: Out of Time 64%
- Chaos Theory Finish Episode 3: Chaos Theory 60%
- Dark Room Finish Episode 4: Dark Room 53%
- Resolution Revolution Take optional photo #10 in Episode 2: Out of Time 53%
- Polarized Finish Episode 5: Polarized 50%
- Manually Exposed Take optional photo #8 in Episode 4: Dark Room 50%
- Histogrammar Take optional photo #4 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 50%
- The Reflex Take optional photo #3 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 48%
- Compressed Take optional photo #5 in Episode 2: Out of Time 47%
- Telephotogenic Take optional photo #3 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 43%
- Framed Take optional photo #3 in Episode 5: Polarized 43%
- Flash! Take optional photo #10 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 41%
- Colorized Take optional photo #8 in Episode 2: Out of Time 41%
- Pinholed Take optional photo #6 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 41%
- Light Leak Take optional photo #10 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 39%
- Focal Pointed Take optional photo #8 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 37%
- Parallax View Take optional photo #1 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 36%
- Ambient Take optional photo #1 in Episode 4: Dark Room 36%
- Image Stabilizer Take optional photo #4 in Episode 2: Out of Time 36%
- Meter Made Take optional photo #9 in Episode 2: Out of Time 35%
- Focused Take optional photo #6 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 34%
- Time-Lapsed Take optional photo #2 in Episode 4: Dark Room 34%
- Full Exposure Take optional photo #2 in Episode 2: Out of Time 32%
- Wide Angles Take optional photo #2 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 32%
- Zoomed In Take optional photo #7 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 32%
- Rangefinder Take optional photo #4 in Episode 4: Dark Room 29%
- Dioptric Power Take optional photo #6 in Episode 4: Dark Room 29%
- Pixelated Take optional photo #6 in Episode 2: Out of Time 28%
- Maximum Aperture Take optional photo #9 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 28%
- Optican Take optional photo #9 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 28%
- Bokeh Take optional photo #5 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 27%
- Close-Ups Take optional photo #4 in Episode 1: Chrysalis 27%
- Viewfinder Take optional photo #8 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 26%
- Sensor Take optional photo #7 in Episode 5: Polarized 26%
- Silhouettes Take optional photo #10 in Episode 5: Polarized 26%
- Lenscrafted Take optional photo #2 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 26%
- Fisheye Take optional photo #7 in Episode 4: Dark Room 25%
- Balance Take optional photo #3 in Episode 4: Dark Room 25%
- Processor Take optional photo #3 in Episode 2: Out of Time 24%
- Night Vision Take optional photo #2 in Episode 5: Polarized 22%
- Slideshow Take optional photo #9 in Episode 4: Dark Room 21%
- Visionary Take all optional photos in Episode 1: Chrysalis 20%
- Gamma Value Take optional photo #5 in Episode 4: Dark Room 20%
- Incandescent Take optional photo #1 in Episode 5: Polarized 19%
- RAW Strength Take optional photo #7 in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 18%
- Lab Master Take all optional photos in Episode 2: Out of Time 18%
- Iris Take optional photo #6 in Episode 5: Polarized 18%
- Camera Obscura Take optional photo #4 in Episode 5: Polarized 17%
- Camera Eye Take all optional photos in Episode 3: Chaos Theory 16%
- Blowup Take optional photo #5 in Episode 5: Polarized 16%
- Tripod Take optional photo #10 in Episode 4: Dark Room 16%
- On Display Take optional photo #8 in Episode 5: Polarized 15%
- Light Meter Take optional photo #9 in Episode 5: Polarized 15%
- Shutterbug Take all optional photos in Episode 4: Dark Room 14%
- Selfie Awareness Take all optional photos in Episode 5: Polarized 13%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.