Life Is Strange 2

Life Is Strange 2

Developers
	Dontnod Entertainment
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Linux	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	September 26, 2018
macOS (OS X)	December 19, 2019
Linux	December 19, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	70
OpenCritic	76
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle
Themes	Contemporary, Supernatural, North America
Series	Life Is Strange

Life Is Strange
Life Is Strange	2015
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm	2017
The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit	2018
Life Is Strange 2	2018
Life Is Strange: True Colors	2021
Life Is Strange Remastered	2022
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered	2022
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure	2024

Life Is Strange 2 is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure and puzzle game in the Life Is Strange series.

General information

Saves can be imported from The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit.

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Limited Edition.
Publisher website
Developer website
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam		Episode 1 is free
Amazon.com (unavailable)

All Windows and Linux versions require Steam DRM, and all Windows versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM as well.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Mascot Bundle DLC
Arcadia Bay Patches DLC
Japanese Language Pack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Dontnod\<user-id>\LIS2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Life is Strange 2/SaveData/Dotnod/<user-id>/LIS2/Saved/Config/WindowsNoEditor
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Dontnod\<user-id>\LIS2\Saved\SaveGames\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Life is Strange 2/SaveData/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Life is Strange 2/SaveData/Dontnod/<user-id>/LIS2/Saved/SaveGames/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed by default. Use a modified exe.
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed by default. Universal UE4 Unlocker Can be used to apply the correct resolution without pillarboxes via the 'hotsampling' tab. Field of view can also be adjusted via the in-game console provided by the same program. Enable the console and assign a key to toggle it. Use command fov to apply desired field of view. Example: "fov 75" (no quotations). Sometimes crashes rendering, use with caution. Seems to also reset itself periodically.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Universal UE4 Unlocker Can be used to change field of view. Enable the in-game console in the program, assign a key. Use command fov to apply desired field of view. Example: "fov 75" (no quotations). Sometimes crashes rendering, use with caution. Seems to also reset itself periodically.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA, Low to Very High. Additional SSAA in the form of 133% of output resolution is possible through the use of "3D Rendering Quality" option.
High-fidelity upscaling		"3D Rendering Quality" option allows for internal bilinear upscaling from 66% or 83% of the output resolution.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		30, 60, or Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Chromatic aberration

Disable Chromatic aberration
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Depth of field

Disable depth of field
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

Motion blur

Disable motion blur
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Input

Input settings

Keyboard settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		[citation needed]
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 3, DualShock 4 DualShock 3 and DualShock 4 only work on OS X and Linux..
PlayStation button prompts		Use this mod.
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, music, voices, SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Language and subtitles settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech				Fan translation - #1
Polish				Fan translation 1.2.1 - [1]
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation. Available to download.
Indonesian				Fan translation by IGTC Team.
Italian
Japanese				Japanese Language Pack DLC
Korean				Fan translation by baengnyeon.
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D, Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Metal support
Vulkan		Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	TrueSky
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Criware

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7		10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz AMD Phenom X4 945 3.0 GHz		Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB		6 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 7770 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 280X 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.15
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6360U 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	42 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680MX AMD Radeon R9 M290 Intel Iris Graphics 540 2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4130 3.4 GHz		Intel Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB		8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	42 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 AMD Radeon R9 380 2 GB of VRAM		Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB of VRAM

Requires Vulkan

NVIDIA requires 430.14 or newer drivers.

AMD requires Mesa 19.1.2 or newer.

Intel GPUs are not supported.