Her Story
Crime mystery built from searchable, out-of-order police interview clips
Sam Barlow · Released Jun 24, 2015
AdventureCasualIndieSimulation
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 10K
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 75% of 24 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 6
- peak 24h 11
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)
What is Her Story?
This single-player crime mystery takes place at an old computer connected to a police video archive. You search for words spoken in short, live-action clips from interviews with a British woman about her missing husband, then watch the results out of order to piece together what happened.
For you if...
- +you like assembling a mystery from disconnected clues
- +you enjoy live-action performances and keyword-based exploration
Not for you if...
- −you want detective puzzles with concrete objectives
- −you prefer action to watching interview footage
What players say
89% of 10,414 reviews are positive · 75% of 24 in the last 30 days
Players praise the lead performance and the process of uncovering the story through searches. Common complaints include repetitive keyword hunting and a lack of clear resolution. Some players also find the clip-management controls awkward.
Screenshots and trailer
Her Story system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP+
- Graphics
- 512MB
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7+
- Graphics
- 1GB
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 13
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck