If you liked choosing what to say in Life is Strange, these four games offer different kinds of story decisions. Pick by the people and setting you want to spend time with. None is a direct sequel, and none is included here just because it has colorful art.
Pick a story by what you want to do
- Lost Records: Bloom & Rage: follow four friends across two time periods and use a camcorder.
- Tell Me Why: compare the different childhood memories of twins Tyler and Alyson.
- Oxenfree: talk with friends while exploring an island after a supernatural event.
- Firewatch: explore the Wyoming wilderness and talk to Delilah over a radio.
1. Lost Records: Bloom & Rage — friendship across two times
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage follows four friends in 1995 and 2022. You talk with the group, make choices, and film places with a camcorder. Pick it if the friendships and the return to a shared past matter most to you.
The two periods are both part of the game. You are not choosing between a 1990s game and a modern sequel. The developer says decisions in the past and present can affect both parts of the story.
2. Tell Me Why — two memories of one family
Tell Me Why follows reunited twins Tyler and Alyson. They remember some childhood events differently, and you decide which memory to trust. Pick it if you want a personal family mystery rather than a group of friends on an adventure.
The publisher says choices affect their relationship. The story also deals with mature subjects, so check its content information before choosing it for someone else.
3. Oxenfree — an island and a ghostly mystery
Oxenfree starts with Alex, her new stepbrother, and friends at an island party. A ghostly rift changes their night. You explore and choose what Alex says during conversations. Pick it if you want a supernatural mystery with a group of teenagers.
Oxenfree is the scariest choice in this list based on its stated supernatural-thriller premise. If that does not sound fun, choose one of the other settings.
4. Firewatch — one voice on the radio
Firewatch puts you in Henry’s role as a fire lookout in Wyoming. You walk through the wilderness and speak with his supervisor, Delilah, by radio. Pick it if you want exploration and a story built around one distant relationship.
The developer describes interpersonal choices in those radio conversations. Firewatch is a different kind of experience from the teen groups in Lost Records and Oxenfree.
Which should you open first?
- For friendship over time: Lost Records. For a family mystery: Tell Me Why. For a supernatural island: Oxenfree. For quiet exploration and radio conversations: Firewatch.
If you still want to stay in the same series, our Life is Strange starting guide explains which games follow Max and which ones tell another story.
