
"Life Is Strange is a five-part episodic game that sets out to revolutionize story-based choice and consequence games by allowing the player to rewind time and affect the past, present, and future.įollow the story of Max Caulfield, a photography senior who discovers she can rewind time while saving her best friend Chloe Price. Player progress was carried over to the full version via iCloud. Prior to Episode 1 being also free on mobile (its price originally being $2.99), a trial version, which ends after hitting the alarm in the bathroom, was released for free as "Life Is Strange Lite" on December 14, 2017, and removed on March 29, 2018. The Android version was released on July 18, 2018, worldwide. An open beta was soft launched later that month, likely earliest on June 19th. The game was listed on the Google Play Store with the ability to preregister. On June 4, 2018, the Android version was announced to be available in July with all five episodes and Android exclusive controller support. Simplified Chinese subtitles were also added to the game. The update's patch notes mention fixing issues relating to saving, loading, the iCloud saves and the photo mode now allows cycling between Max's skins and poses and additional photo settings. On March 29, 2018, the final two episodes were released on iOS, Episode 1 became free (as on the other platforms) and the Android version was confirmed for release later in 2018, targeting Summer due to needing more time for polish.

An Android version and the other episodes were announced for early 2018. On iOS the first three episodes were released on December 14, 2017, featuring an "enhanced user interface for full-touch screen integration", Unreal Engine 4 enhancements and optimizations, an in-app photo mode and exclusive iMessage stickers.


On July 18, 2018, the development of all episodes for iOS and Android concluded. It was announced for iOS and Android on December 12, 2017.
