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Life Is Strange: Before the Storm

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Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm cover
Developers
Deck Nine Games
macOS (OS X) Feral Interactive[1]
Linux Feral Interactive[1]
Publishers
Square Enix
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows August 31, 2017
macOS (OS X) September 13, 2018[1]
Linux September 13, 2018[1]
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General information

Official website
Known issues and workarounds
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Deluxe Edition, limited run.
Windows
Developer website
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Deluxe Edition
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Publisher website
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Deluxe Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
All versions require Steam DRM.[3]
Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM has been removed.[4][5]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Deluxe Upgrade
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Classic Chloe Outfit Pack
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions[6]
  1. Download the archive.
  2. Extract the files into the installation folder and overwrite.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Square Enix\Life is Strange: Before the Storm\
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Square Enix\Life is Strange_ Before the Storm\Saves\<user-id>\Preferences\PrefData.Save
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Config file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Square Enix\Life is Strange_ Before the Storm\Saves\<user-id>\SLOT_##\*.Save
macOS (OS X)
Linux $HOME\.config\unity3d\Feral Interactive\Life is Strange Before the Storm\Saves\<user-id>\SLOT_##\*.Save
Save files are encrypted.[7]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video settings
In-game video settings

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16:10 resolution without black bars

Configure your driver settings
  1. Follow the tutorial: Removing black bars from 16:10 screens.

Disable chromatic aberration

Disable chromatic aberration[6]
  1. Download No Chromatic Aberration or No Chromatic Aberration & No Depth of Field.
  2. Extract the files into the installation folder and overwrite.

Disable depth of field

Disable depth of field[6]
  1. Download No Depth of Field or No Chromatic Aberration & No Depth of Field.
  2. Extract the files into the installation folder and overwrite.

Exclusive Fullscreen

Command Line
By default the fullscreen option is borderless window.
  1. Right click the game in the Steam window and click on properties.
  2. click on Launch Options and add "-window-mode exclusive" then press ok.
Gameplay smoothness is poor in Exclusive Fullscreen Mode in contrast to Borderless Windowed Mode.

SMAA

SMAA Anti-Aliasing with SweetFX
  1. Download custom SweetFX
  2. Extract archive contents to executable location and replace DLLs with ones from "x64" folder

High frame rate

Higher frame rate
  1. Set in-game V-Sync option to OFF.
  2. Set V-Sync from your graphics card control panel for this game to ON.
  3. Run the game in Exclusive Fullscreen for locking FPS at monitor refresh rate.

Notes

Recommended for those who want more FPS but also V-Sync/G-Sync option to work.

Issues unresolved

Stuttering

Enable 60 FPS Cap
  1. Activate the framerate cap from the video setting menu.

Input settings

In-game input settings
In-game input settings

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings
In-game audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Steam DLC available from Japan; Released on June 7, 2018.[8]
Brazilian Portuguese
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Russian
Fan translation by Tolma4 Team.

VR support

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Criware
Cutscenes Criware

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz
AMD Phenom X4 945 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 14 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon R7 250
Nvidia GeForce GTX 650
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.13.5
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 28 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
AMD Radeon R9 M290
Intel Iris 5100
1 GB of VRAM
This game is not currently supported on volumes formatted as Case-sensitive.
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 28 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 670
AMD Radeon R9 270
2 GB of VRAM
AMD GPUs require Mesa driver 18.1.6, Nvidia cards require driver 396.54 or better.
Intel GPUs are not supported at time of release.
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.5.3p1[2]

References