Life is Strange - Episode 1
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How do players who really played Life is Strange - Episode 1 rate it? TrueGG Rating 98.2%

Release date: Jan 29, 2015 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Ratings tend to be steady from the first hours.

Good for

  • Players who want fun from the first hours
  • Players who care about visuals and music
  • Players who want to soak in the world and atmosphere

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
98.2%
▲ +1.9 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 3,623 reviews

TrueGG, all time
97.7%
Steam overall
96.3%
Japanese, all time
96.3%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 8.3% of all reviews. Their positive share is 86.6%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h86%1201–2 h89%1062–5 h97%6435–10 h96%50810–20 h98%2,35020–50 h98%1,14450–100 h100%101100–200 h95%22200+ h100%6Positive share by playtime0–1 h12086%1–2 h10689%2–5 h64397%5–10 h50896%10–20 h2,35098%20–50 h1,14498%50–100 h101100%100–200 h2295%200+ h6100%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h85.8%—120
1–2 h88.7%—106
2–5 h96.7%—643
5–10 h95.9%—508
10–20 h98.0%100.0%2,350
20–50 h98.3%100.0%1,144
50–100 h100.0%—101
100–200 h95.5%—22
200+ h100.0%—6

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 23% had 20+ hours and 0% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Life is Strange - Episode 1 has a TrueGG Rating of 98.2%: the positive share among 3,623 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 96.3%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 97.7%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 8% of the total, with 87% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom and pacing. Positive reviews praise graphics and music and the world and atmosphere.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 96.3%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (96.4% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on the game's design (Boring / repetitive, Movement & pacing). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you.

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive12% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players
  • Movement & pacing8% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players

+ What players praise

  • Graphics & music15% of positive reviews (10% of negative)
  • World & atmosphere8% of positive reviews (2% of negative)
＋ 最高＋ セール＋ 体験＋ 日本語＋ 購入＋ 影響＋ グラフィック＋ 結果− worst− least− take− option− wrong− watch− annoying− instead

Counted from 337 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating96.3%All time, all languages · 176,593 reviews
Adjusted rating96.4%Weighted by trust (95% range 96.2%–96.5%), +0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews94.2%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−2.1pt vs overall) · 637 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review4%23%
Very short text31%21%
Key activated outside Steam0%0%
Received for free0%0%
Owns very few games15%4%
Over 100 reviews written2%14%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.830.80

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 13.9 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 5,000 10k 2015-01: +1,448 / −49 2015-02: +3,999 / −89 2015-03: +1,903 / −43 2015-04: +1,316 / −32 2015-05: +1,790 / −47 2015-06: +1,926 / −64 2015-07: +1,750 / −46 2015-08: +1,672 / −37 2015-09: +1,474 / −44 2015-10: +4,633 / −211 2015-11: +2,287 / −89 2015-12: +3,509 / −130 2016-01: +4,046 / −126 2016-02: +2,889 / −106 2016-03: +2,205 / −69 2016-04: +1,134 / −51 2016-05: +1,019 / −41 2016-06: +1,805 / −78 2016-07: +6,563 / −356 2016-08: +2,940 / −116 2016-09: +1,395 / −59 2016-10: +1,095 / −59 2016-11: +9,610 / −172 2016-12: +3,773 / −148 2017-01: +3,303 / −128 2017-02: +2,236 / −70 2017-03: +1,683 / −56 2017-04: +1,322 / −67 2017-05: +1,326 / −43 2017-06: +3,127 / −134 2017-07: +3,221 / −109 2017-08: +1,545 / −67 2017-09: +1,667 / −66 2017-10: +1,136 / −64 2017-11: +4,242 / −74 2017-12: +1,886 / −89 2018-01: +2,532 / −115 2018-02: +1,478 / −70 2018-03: +1,672 / −89 2018-04: +1,083 / −49 2018-05: +775 / −49 2018-06: +1,649 / −115 2018-07: +1,546 / −59 2018-08: +1,119 / −57 2018-09: +734 / −56 2018-10: +752 / −44 2018-11: +2,140 / −54 2018-12: +902 / −49 2019-01: +1,097 / −64 2019-02: +897 / −46 2019-03: +873 / −52 2019-04: +563 / −33 2019-05: +460 / −36 2019-06: +1,460 / −64 2019-07: +1,665 / −69 2019-08: +554 / −22 2019-09: +555 / −32 2019-10: +552 / −38 2019-11: +1,312 / −46 2019-12: +1,467 / −52 2020-01: +1,228 / −51 2020-02: +979 / −43 2020-03: +2,171 / −63 2020-04: +1,584 / −74 2020-05: +1,595 / −65 2020-06: +1,543 / −64 2020-07: +2,237 / −91 2020-08: +1,479 / −60 2020-09: +897 / −33 2020-10: +776 / −39 2020-11: +1,809 / −57 2020-12: +1,675 / −70 2021-01: +1,398 / −52 2021-02: +1,154 / −36 2021-03: +1,588 / −69 2021-04: +1,264 / −50 2021-05: +1,178 / −54 2021-06: +1,207 / −58 2021-07: +832 / −36 2021-08: +770 / −30 2021-09: +852 / −195 2021-10: +621 / −24 2021-11: +737 / −43 2021-12: +631 / −40 2022-01: +705 / −49 2022-02: +616 / −39 2022-03: +465 / −47 2022-04: +473 / −25 2022-05: +447 / −27 2022-06: +421 / −33 2022-07: +504 / −34 2022-08: +429 / −23 2022-09: +387 / −31 2022-10: +369 / −21 2022-11: +536 / −13 2022-12: +499 / −21 2023-01: +521 / −19 2023-02: +433 / −21 2023-03: +433 / −20 2023-04: +455 / −19 2023-05: +371 / −20 2023-06: +1,005 / −26 2023-07: +726 / −24 2023-08: +522 / −26 2023-09: +464 / −17 2023-10: +422 / −16 2023-11: +542 / −24 2023-12: +482 / −12 2024-01: +569 / −23 2024-02: +420 / −16 2024-03: +507 / −24 2024-04: +459 / −14 2024-05: +495 / −19 2024-06: +742 / −26 2024-07: +689 / −26 2024-08: +582 / −31 2024-09: +515 / −24 2024-10: +844 / −20 2024-11: +558 / −28 2024-12: +546 / −28 2025-01: +536 / −24 2025-02: +463 / −17 2025-03: +570 / −22 2025-04: +412 / −15 2025-05: +411 / −14 2025-06: +494 / −14 2025-07: +520 / −19 2025-08: +442 / −22 2025-09: +434 / −17 2025-10: +460 / −8 2025-11: +411 / −19 2025-12: +430 / −16 2026-01: +599 / −20 2026-02: +468 / −14 2026-03: +520 / −16 2026-04: +494 / −13 2026-05: +525 / −16 2026-06: +1,314 / −33 2026-07: +1,083 / −30 2026-08: +860 / −23 2026-09: +601 / −20 2026-10: +507 / −15 2015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 96.2% 2015-01: 96.7%2015-02: 97.8%2015-03: 97.8%2015-04: 97.6%2015-05: 97.4%2015-06: 96.8%2015-07: 97.4%2015-08: 97.8%2015-09: 97.1%2015-10: 95.6%2015-11: 96.3%2015-12: 96.4%2016-01: 97.0%2016-02: 96.5%2016-03: 97.0%2016-04: 95.7%2016-05: 96.1%2016-06: 95.9%2016-07: 94.9%2016-08: 96.2%2016-09: 95.9%2016-10: 94.9%2016-11: 98.2%2016-12: 96.2%2017-01: 96.3%2017-02: 97.0%2017-03: 96.8%2017-04: 95.2%2017-05: 96.9%2017-06: 95.9%2017-07: 96.7%2017-08: 95.8%2017-09: 96.2%2017-10: 94.7%2017-11: 98.3%2017-12: 95.5%2018-01: 95.7%2018-02: 95.5%2018-03: 94.9%2018-04: 95.7%2018-05: 94.1%2018-06: 93.5%2018-07: 96.3%2018-08: 95.2%2018-09: 92.9%2018-10: 94.5%2018-11: 97.5%2018-12: 94.8%2019-01: 94.5%2019-02: 95.1%2019-03: 94.4%2019-04: 94.5%2019-05: 92.7%2019-06: 95.8%2019-07: 96.0%2019-08: 96.2%2019-09: 94.5%2019-10: 93.6%2019-11: 96.6%2019-12: 96.6%2020-01: 96.0%2020-02: 95.8%2020-03: 97.2%2020-04: 95.5%2020-05: 96.1%2020-06: 96.0%2020-07: 96.1%2020-08: 96.1%2020-09: 96.5%2020-10: 95.2%2020-11: 96.9%2020-12: 96.0%2021-01: 96.4%2021-02: 97.0%2021-03: 95.8%2021-04: 96.2%2021-05: 95.6%2021-06: 95.4%2021-07: 95.9%2021-08: 96.3%2021-09: 81.4%2021-10: 96.3%2021-11: 94.5%2021-12: 94.0%2022-01: 93.5%2022-02: 94.0%2022-03: 90.8%2022-04: 95.0%2022-05: 94.3%2022-06: 92.7%2022-07: 93.7%2022-08: 94.9%2022-09: 92.6%2022-10: 94.6%2022-11: 97.6%2022-12: 96.0%2023-01: 96.5%2023-02: 95.4%2023-03: 95.6%2023-04: 96.0%2023-05: 94.9%2023-06: 97.5%2023-07: 96.8%2023-08: 95.3%2023-09: 96.5%2023-10: 96.3%2023-11: 95.8%2023-12: 97.6%2024-01: 96.1%2024-02: 96.3%2024-03: 95.5%2024-04: 97.0%2024-05: 96.3%2024-06: 96.6%2024-07: 96.4%2024-08: 94.9%2024-09: 95.5%2024-10: 97.7%2024-11: 95.2%2024-12: 95.1%2025-01: 95.7%2025-02: 96.5%2025-03: 96.3%2025-04: 96.5%2025-05: 96.7%2025-06: 97.2%2025-07: 96.5%2025-08: 95.3%2025-09: 96.2%2025-10: 98.3%2025-11: 95.6%2025-12: 96.4%2026-01: 96.8%2026-02: 97.1%2026-03: 97.0%2026-04: 97.4%2026-05: 97.0%2026-06: 97.6%2026-07: 97.3%2026-08: 97.4%2026-09: 96.8%2026-10: 97.1% 2015/012016/012017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 20 40 60 2026-09-19: +26 / −0 2026-09-20: +20 / −2 2026-09-21: +14 / −2 2026-09-22: +19 / −0 2026-09-23: +10 / −1 2026-09-24: +19 / −1 2026-09-25: +20 / −1 2026-09-26: +20 / −0 2026-09-27: +19 / −1 2026-09-28: +11 / −1 2026-09-29: +4 / −2 2026-09-30: +18 / −0 2026-10-01: +16 / −0 2026-10-02: +23 / −1 2026-10-03: +26 / −1 2026-10-04: +31 / −0 2026-10-05: +28 / −1 2026-10-06: +29 / −1 2026-10-07: +32 / −0 2026-10-08: +34 / −1 2026-10-09: +32 / −1 2026-10-10: +32 / −2 2026-10-11: +56 / −1 2026-10-12: +27 / −2 2026-10-13: +28 / −2 2026-10-14: +33 / −0 2026-10-15: +23 / −1 2026-10-16: +13 / −1 2026-10-17: +28 / −0 2026-10-18: +16 / −0 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2015-011,4484996.7%
2015-023,9998997.8%
2015-031,9034397.8%
2015-041,3163297.6%
2015-051,7904797.4%
2015-061,9266496.8%
2015-071,7504697.4%
2015-081,6723797.8%
2015-091,4744497.1%
2015-104,63321195.6%
2015-112,2878996.3%
2015-123,50913096.4%
2016-014,04612697.0%
2016-022,88910696.5%
2016-032,2056997.0%
2016-041,1345195.7%
2016-051,0194196.1%
2016-061,8057895.9%
2016-076,56335694.9%
2016-082,94011696.2%
2016-091,3955995.9%
2016-101,0955994.9%
2016-119,61017298.2%
2016-123,77314896.2%
2017-013,30312896.3%
2017-022,2367097.0%
2017-031,6835696.8%
2017-041,3226795.2%
2017-051,3264396.9%
2017-063,12713495.9%
2017-073,22110996.7%
2017-081,5456795.8%
2017-091,6676696.2%
2017-101,1366494.7%
2017-114,2427498.3%
2017-121,8868995.5%
2018-012,53211595.7%
2018-021,4787095.5%
2018-031,6728994.9%
2018-041,0834995.7%
2018-057754994.1%
2018-061,64911593.5%
2018-071,5465996.3%
2018-081,1195795.2%
2018-097345692.9%
2018-107524494.5%
2018-112,1405497.5%
2018-129024994.8%
2019-011,0976494.5%
2019-028974695.1%
2019-038735294.4%
2019-045633394.5%
2019-054603692.7%
2019-061,4606495.8%
2019-071,6656996.0%
2019-085542296.2%
2019-095553294.5%
2019-105523893.6%
2019-111,3124696.6%
2019-121,4675296.6%
2020-011,2285196.0%
2020-029794395.8%
2020-032,1716397.2%
2020-041,5847495.5%
2020-051,5956596.1%
2020-061,5436496.0%
2020-072,2379196.1%
2020-081,4796096.1%
2020-098973396.5%
2020-107763995.2%
2020-111,8095796.9%
2020-121,6757096.0%
2021-011,3985296.4%
2021-021,1543697.0%
2021-031,5886995.8%
2021-041,2645096.2%
2021-051,1785495.6%
2021-061,2075895.4%
2021-078323695.9%
2021-087703096.3%
2021-0985219581.4%
2021-106212496.3%
2021-117374394.5%
2021-126314094.0%
2022-017054993.5%
2022-026163994.0%
2022-034654790.8%
2022-044732595.0%
2022-054472794.3%
2022-064213392.7%
2022-075043493.7%
2022-084292394.9%
2022-093873192.6%
2022-103692194.6%
2022-115361397.6%
2022-124992196.0%
2023-015211996.5%
2023-024332195.4%
2023-034332095.6%
2023-044551996.0%
2023-053712094.9%
2023-061,0052697.5%
2023-077262496.8%
2023-085222695.3%
2023-094641796.5%
2023-104221696.3%
2023-115422495.8%
2023-124821297.6%
2024-015692396.1%
2024-024201696.3%
2024-035072495.5%
2024-044591497.0%
2024-054951996.3%
2024-067422696.6%
2024-076892696.4%
2024-085823194.9%
2024-095152495.5%
2024-108442097.7%
2024-115582895.2%
2024-125462895.1%
2025-015362495.7%
2025-024631796.5%
2025-035702296.3%
2025-044121596.5%
2025-054111496.7%
2025-064941497.2%
2025-075201996.5%
2025-084422295.3%
2025-094341796.2%
2025-10460898.3%
2025-114111995.6%
2025-124301696.4%
2026-015992096.8%
2026-024681497.1%
2026-035201697.0%
2026-044941397.4%
2026-055251697.0%
2026-061,3143397.6%
2026-071,0833097.3%
2026-088602397.4%
2026-096012096.8%
2026-105071597.1%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19260
2026-09-20202
2026-09-21142
2026-09-22190
2026-09-23101
2026-09-24191
2026-09-25201
2026-09-26200
2026-09-27191
2026-09-28111
2026-09-2942
2026-09-30180
2026-10-01160
2026-10-02231
2026-10-03261
2026-10-04310
2026-10-05281
2026-10-06291
2026-10-07320
2026-10-08341
2026-10-09321
2026-10-10322
2026-10-11561
2026-10-12272
2026-10-13282
2026-10-14330
2026-10-15231
2026-10-16131
2026-10-17280
2026-10-18160
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days96.5%719
Last 180 days97.2%4,986
All time96.3%176,593
Japanese, last 180 days100.0%6
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