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Life is Strange: True Colors
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 80% of players who started
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 16,934
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (44%); after 10h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 80% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “I Thought I Could Hunt The Monster” and “Something You Build”: from 100% to 90% of starters.
- 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 17,034 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 13.5h for positive, 10h 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 (78.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I Thought I Could Hunt The Monster Complete Chapter 1 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 100%
- Something You Build Complete Chapter 2 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ Most players quit here 90% −10
- Burying Something Complete Chapter 3 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 84% −6
- The Kind of Thing You Can't Undo Complete Chapter 4 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 81% −2
- The Only Promise is The Adventure Complete Chapter 5 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 80% −1
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (40)
story milestone ending side
- I Thought I Could Hunt The Monster Complete Chapter 1 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 100%
- Something You Build Complete Chapter 2 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 90%
- Burying Something Complete Chapter 3 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 84%
- The Kind of Thing You Can't Undo Complete Chapter 4 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 81%
- Where The Devil Sleeps Find the “Pendant” Memory in Chapter 5 81%
- The Only Promise is The Adventure Complete Chapter 5 of Life is Strange: True Colors™ 80%
- A Letter To Riley Find the “Riley Letter” Memory in Chapter 1 79%
- Scary News Find the “Mom's Keys” Memory in Chapter 5 70%
- Crack Find the “Crack” Memory in Chapter 1 67%
- Exactly 731 Help the Jelly Bean Counter win the contest 67%
- Pro Tip Find the “Gummies” Memory in Chapter 2 64%
- Guitar Strings Find the “Guitar Strings” Memory in Chapter 5 63%
- Found Dog! Help the Hoodie Guy find his dog 63%
- Earworm Squasher Find and play the Student's lost song 63%
- Time For Something New Find the “Button” Memory in Chapter 2 61%
- Upright and Above Ground Find the “Old Paper” Memory in Chapter 3 60%
- Umbrella Find the “Umbrella” Memory in Chapter 2 58%
- And How Does That Make You Feel? Find the “Appointment Slip” Memory in Chapter 3 57%
- Count Me In Find the “Drum Kit” Memory in Chapter 4 56%
- Some Kind of Fight Find the “Business Card” Memory in Chapter 5 56%
- Ethan's Dollar Find the “Dollar” Memory in Chapter 3 55%
- You're a Helldiver Now Find the “Bomber Jacket” Memory in Chapter 5 55%
- Team Chomp-Bot Find the “T-Shirt” Memory in Chapter 2 53%
- No Handouts Find the “Rent Check” Memory in Chapter 2 50%
- Pressed Rose Find the “Pressed Rose” Memory in Chapter 4 49%
- Head Count Find the “Helmet” Memory in Chapter 1 48%
- Valkyrie's Dish Find the “Valkyrie's Dish” Memory in Chapter 3 48%
- Emotional Unearthing Find all Memory Collectibles in Chapter 5 46%
- Phone Find the “Phone” Memory in Chapter 1 45%
- Hell Divers Find the “Bomber Jacket” Memory in Chapter 3 42%
- Bird Spotting Help the Birdwatcher find her bird 41%
- Officer Fish Find the “Business Card” Memory in Chapter 1 34%
- Birthday Boy Find the “Polaroid” Memory in Chapter 4 33%
- Amateur Archaeophile Find all Memory Collectibles in Chapter 2 30%
- In Front of God and Everybody Find the “Microphone” Memory in Chapter 4 29%
- Memory Collector Find all Memory Collectibles in Chapter 3 27%
- Proud Parent Find the “CIT Sticker” Memory in Chapter 4 25%
- Emotional Enthusiast Find all Memory Collectibles in Chapter 1 24%
- Emotional Archeologist Find all Memory Collectibles in Chapter 4 18%
- Haven Historian Find all Memory Collectibles in Life is Strange: True Colors™ 15%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.