RecommendedSteam player
This is better than Arkham Knight.Show moreShow less
1.9 hours at review747 people found this helpful
Her Story
Her Story’s investigation unfolds through short videos and your search terms, and the Steam PC version is built for solo play. At 
GOG, it costs ≈ $2.70; weigh that against your interest in a quiet, non-linear crime story. A forthcoming Steam sale window may offer another buying opportunity if you have no reason to start playing now. Her Story is ≈ $2.70 at GOG, compared with a current Steam price of $5.99, so you can weigh the two offers directly.
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Past 36 months · Updated dailyHistorical Low~ $0.992023-10Current Low Across Stores~ $5.99Steamvs. Historical Low+505%
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01About Her Story
In Her Story, search an old desktop computer’s police database for footage from a series of interviews. Enter search terms, watch matching clips and piece together the non-linear crime story yourself. Steam player rating: 89% positive from 8,394 reviews. Release date: June 24, 2015.
Credits
Developer
Sam Barlow
Publisher
Sam Barlow
Lowest recorded in 36 months
$0.992023-10-26 · SteamBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.Language support
| Language | Interface | Subtitles | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | — |
Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-21
02Before you buy
How it plays
Search a police database for terms spoken in interview footage, then use the matching clips to piece together the story. The narrative is non-linear and rewards careful listening.
Mode and language
The Steam PC version is single-player. English full audio and subtitles are listed, along with Chinese subtitles.
03Frequently asked questions
How do you find footage?
Enter search terms in the database and watch the clips in which those words are spoken.
What do the interviews concern?
The database contains seven 1994 interviews with a British woman questioned about her missing husband.
Can I play solo?
It is categorized as single-player on Steam PC.
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviewsSelected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
Not recommendedSteam player
Her Story consists entirely of entering key word searches into a database and watching short video clips (often < 30 seconds). The "mystery" exists only because of the arbitrary restriction imposed by the database--you have to find clips by searching rather than simply browsing them in chronological order. Eventually the game will cue you when it feels you have watched enough of the clips to grasp the entire story. For me this was after a little more than an hour, though I got the gist of the story after about 30 minutes or so. This is not a detective game, it's an exercise in fractured narrative. I'm not sure why so many reviewers have pointed out a need for pen and paper, it makes as much sense as watching something like Eternal Sunshine with pen and paper. Narrative games are fine, but the story in this one is quite absurd and many of the clips are poorly acted/written/just nonsensical (e.g. the song, so "on the nose" and completely inappropriate given the context). I hit on the main twist about 15 minutes in and spent the next hour expecting a counter-twist because the initial twist was so ridiculous. Over all it's entertaining until you realize there's actually nothing to it, and it won't last you more than 2 hours. edit: This review seems to have become a lightning rod of sorts. I didn't write this because I'm some anti-"SJW" alpha-wannabe caveman, I just thought the game was bad. Mostly because of poor writing and acting. I love narrative games--if you want to play a really great one with a female protagonist play Life is Strange.Show moreShow less
1.4 hours at review729 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
Been playing this for about an hour and a half and I have to say I'm really impressed. Her Story is a throwback to the old FMV games that were made back in the 90s, only this time it isn't ♥♥♥♥, it's actually surprisingly great. The purpose is to try and find out - by going through archive footage of numerous police interviews with a woman that took place two decades earlier - what happened to her missing husband. This is done through keyword searching, so it's best to play this with a pen and paper handy as a video will throw up another clue or word that could be vital in your investigation. As an exercise in non-linear storytelling Her Story is incredibly well written and a huge amount of thought has clearly gone into not just the dialogue and plotting, but also into the length of the videos. Some of them can be as short as 3-4 seconds and at first viewing seem absolutely redundant. As you delve further into the archives, however, they can take on a whole new meaning. The actress who plays the subject of these interviews deserves huge credit for her work here, her performance only truly reveals its brilliance the further you progress and you begin to notice her intonation, mannerisms and overall demeanour are all absolutely perfect. If you're after something truly different, interesting and original then look no further. Her Story is a little gem of a game. Recommended.Show moreShow less
1.5 hours at review684 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Alot of people seem to like it but I didn't particualarly care for it. Why? 1) It's not a game it's an experience. For reasons of brevity, I don't want to get into what makes a "game" but you could easily replicate the "gameplay" in a youtube or google's video search, there's no "gamey" factors at play here. So what if it's not a game, as long as it's a great experience? This brings me to my next point 2) Experience is extemely easy to derail. I think this game was meant to be played by listening extremely closely to the introductory clips and following them stepwise to a conclusion. If you proceed instead to search for words related to the opening topic you will get to critical clips extemely quickly and in my case in a sequence that ruins much of the suspense of the other reveals. You might say that I did this to myself, which is fair, but given that a main selling point is emergent gameplay, it disappointing how not playing it "right" can rapidly undermine the experence. 3) The game drags on pointlessly after finding the main events. I'm pretty sure progress is measured by hitting key clips, but the ones which are considered important seem almost arbitarty. I think I finally finished the game on a search for "fennel" after doing exhaustive name searches on terciary characters to open up more clips. Like many of the recent "emergant art games" if you experience it exactly in the way the creator had in mind you are likely to enjoy it, unfortuantly this contridicts the not only the idea of emergent games, but the idea of art itself. Maybe it's not fair to expect much when breaking the design paradigm of the game, but emergent gameplay is based on the idea that the game is at it's best when the gamers are pushing the boundries of the system and operating outside the vision of the developers, the non-linar art games are attempting to push the boundries of gaming, but ironicaly frequently fall flat when the players give the game boundries the slightest push. I can't recommend "Her Story" as either a great game or a great expereince, the only greatness it has lies in it's novelty which professional reviewers have lauded, but if you want novelty so much that your willing to compromise both the gameplay and the expereince, I recommend that you try to find it outside of a game.Show moreShow less
1.7 hours at review451 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
This isn't so much a game as it is an experience. It's refreshing to play something so different - it's addicting. I haven't used a pen and paper to help me through a game since I was a child. You really feel like a detective.Show moreShow less
3.5 hours at review322 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
An interesting concept with some decent acting, but sadly let down by a rather predictable story and a computer interface which makes no sense whatsoever. Lots of other people seem to like it, though.Show moreShow less
2.6 hours at review328 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
In a medium where evolution is typically measured in polygons and development costs, it’s fitting that possibly the most innovative game of 2015 would be something so unassuming. Her Story places you in front of a computer monitor circa 1994, and lets you loose to dig through hundreds of police videos revolving around a single woman and a very peculiar case. You are told nothing other than how to operate the software needed to access these videos, and then left alone to attempt to crawl through the archive. Her Story doesn’t lend itself well to trailers or quick descriptions. It isn’t flashy nor does it immediately show its brilliance, but that subtlety is an integral part of why it manages to do so much with so little. The low rent aesthetic provides a texture – aged video footage, a faux 90’s desktop, dated clothing – and then drapes it over the narrative to fully pull you back in time as you attempt to put the pieces of the mystery together. How Her Story looks though, or even what it has to say to a degree, isn’t why it’s so fascinating. To be sure developer Sam Barlow does an incredible job setting the tone through familiar, nostalgic imagery, smartly opting to omit authenticity where it isn’t needed while still nailing the feel of the 90’s. It’s all remarkably well-considered, but where Her Story pushes games forward is in how it approaches narrative as nonlinear and undefined. Because of the limitations of your in game computer, you can only ever access five videos at once, using the search box to scrub through video transcripts for keywords. What this means in practice is you have to search out every bit of the narrative for yourself, being locked out of broad searches so as to require you to actually think like a detective and put the puzzle pieces together for yourself. Her Story is the first game I’ve played where I actually felt as if I was the one solving the case, following a trail of breadcrumbs I had to seek out and which often didn’t lead in a straight line from beginning to end, requiring I go back and dig up old clues to find a new lead. I became exceptionally diligent in making sure to check up on every name, every address; any random detail that had the potential to lead me to a breakthrough. Her Story demands a lot from the player in order to see and understand everything hidden inside it, but the depth of its narrative and the intricacy in which it’s woven together rewards those who put more time into learning its secrets. Her Story puts a lot of trust in the player to follow through on their end of the bargain and not cheat their way to a resolution, but it backs this up with such an engaging plot (delivered entirely through a masterful, demanding performance by Viva Seifert) that anyone who doesn’t give it the attention it deserves is only cheating themselves in the end. Her Story doesn’t look like much, nor is it easy to do it justice through words alone, but it’s nevertheless a game that’s going to be talked about for years by anyone who takes the time to look below the surface. It breaks entirely new ground for narratives in games, and is perhaps the biggest proof that FMV has a place in games beyond basic comedy. It’s a very difficult game to talk about in any capacity without ruining what makes it so great, but it all the same demands discussing and is a game I see creating ripples through the industry for a very long time to come. You can read more of my writing on Kritiqal.Show moreShow less
4.2 hours at review306 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
The game feels like it needs a lot more work to be ready for an actual release. Sadly, it is intended to be this easy. I wound up figuring it all out within 20 minutes just by typing in a random word that she mentioned. Spent the next hour just trying to find enough related videos for the game to show me the ending. The game would be amazing as maybe a smaller part of a larger game, or if it even if it raised the bar a little more. As it stands now, its simply too easy. There is no replayability because once you figure it out, why would you even want to do it again? The overview and summary kind of mislead you (the buyer). The police in the game have already solved the murder. It's obvious by her last "interview." However, you are subjected to just seeing very small clips (less than 30 seconds usually) containing keywords that you type in. Thats it, that is the entire game. So you are left with really just trying to get different clips of the interview to pop up so you can hear the story.Show moreShow less
1.4 hours at review289 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
I can smell the lies of that wench. Whatever she's up to, justice will be served. Windows 95/10Show moreShow less
3.4 hours at review301 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I am really torn with this game. At first it was super exciting until I realised how easy it was and then it was over. I was expecting more simulation, much more challenge than what I got and felt kinda ripped off. I'm sure many people will enjoy it, but just be aware that you might find it far too easy. There are plenty of good points to this game however: The acting was very well done, there is one pretty big plot twist in there which I think the actress did a superb job with. The story itself, once you piece it together, is clever. I found a bug in it, such as sometimes playing a video clip, there would be no audio until I closed it and re-opened it. This was annoying, but not game breaking in the slightest. If you, like myself, are a superb googler, you'll find yourself using keywords that perhaps some people wouldn't think of using, and then basically figure out the entire story in several minutes. This is the reason for the thumbs down. I believe it could have been great, but there just needed to be a little more meat in the pie.Show moreShow less
1.8 hours at review254 people found this helpful
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