Mobile game · 2018

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a new three part standalone story adventure set three years before the events of the first game. This time play as Chloe Price, a rebel who forms an unlikely friendship with Rachel Amber in dramatic new story in the BAFTA award winning franchise.

Estimated daily players

~13,0000.0%

Range 700–1.9M

Estimated total players

~270,0000.0%

Range 70K–13M

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Sep 19, 2018Android iOSUSK 12PEGI MGRAC 18ACB MA15+CERO DCLASS IND 16ESRB RP

Adventure Indie Action Drama Fantasy Mystery Science fiction

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What the estimate rests on

Google Play 42%
Steam 29%
App Store 22%
Reddit 7.7%

Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play Life is Strange: Before the Storm, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~13,000

0.0%

Range 700 – 1.9M

Built from the live counts: Steam concurrents, Discord and Reddit members online, Twitch viewers.

Estimated total players

~270,000

0.0%

Range 70K – 13M

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Estimated daily players over time

from live counts

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for Life is Strange: Before the Storm per calendar month, newest first
Month	Estimated total players	Change
August 2026	~500,000	—

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed Life is Strange: Before the Storm where it is sold.

Google Play ratings

19,707

Average rating: 3.6
Installs: 1M+

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

App Store ratings

1,169

0.0%

Average rating: 3.5

Steam players in game

Reviews: 37,829

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Community signals

How many people gather around Life is Strange: Before the Storm outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Reddit members

178,759

0.0%

Twitch viewers

Live channels: 0

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

Not tracked for Life is Strange: Before the Storm: Discord, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

Storyline

Set three years before Max’s return to her hometown of Arcadia Bay in Life Is Strange, the story shows how Chloe and Rachel meet, bond, and grow into a force of nature.

Trailer

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Life is Strange: Before the Storm?

We estimate that about 270,000 people have played Life is Strange: Before the Storm — plausibly between 70K and 13M. Around 13,000 of them play on a given day, in a range of 700 and 1.9M. Both figures are modelled from public counts on Google Play, App Store, Steam, Reddit and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is Life is Strange: Before the Storm still active?

Yes. Life is Strange: Before the Storm is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the Life is Strange: Before the Storm player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.