Life is Strange: Double Exposure
Max Caulfield, photographer-in-residence at the prestigious Caledon University, discovers her closest new friend Safi dead in the snow. Murdered. To save her, Max tries to Rewind time – a power she’s not used…
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is an adventure developed by Deck Nine, released 29 October 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $19.99 at Humble Store. The main story takes about 12.3 hrs to finish.
What Life is Strange: Double Exposure is
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is an adventure game developed by Deck Nine and released in 2024. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5. It carries an ESRB M (Mature 17+) age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Life is Strange series
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is the 16th of 18 entries we hold in the Life is Strange series. It arrived 3 years after Life is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered. The next entry was Life is Strange Collection in 2025. Its critic score of 82 is 3 points above the series average of 79. The highest-rated entry is Life is Strange: True Colors at 84.
How it was received
Life is Strange: Double Exposure holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 6 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 78, across 56 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 24 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $19.99, that works out to about $1.63 per hour of the main story, or $0.83 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD FX-6300, 12 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB / AMD Radeon RX 470, 4GB. A 12GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $19.99 at Humble Store, 60% below its usual price. Across the 3 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $49.99 — a spread of $30.00 for an identical product. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹3,499.00 (about $36.81), while United Kingdom pays £49.99 — 1.8 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 45 on Steam, which is about $44.99.
What it launched against
Life is Strange: Double Exposure launched on 29 October 2024, within three weeks of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Metaphor: ReFantazio. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Life is Strange: Double Exposure yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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