Adventure · June 24, 2015
Her Story (2015)
A Video Game About a Woman Talking to the Police Her Story is the award winning video game from Sam Barlow, creator of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories and Aisle. A crime fiction game with non-linear storytelling, Her Story revolves around a police database full of live action video footage. It stars Viva Seifert, actress and one half of the band Joe Gideon and the Shark. How does it work? Her Story sits you in front of a mothballed desktop computer that’s logged into a police database of video footage. The footage covers seven interviews from 1994 in which a British woman is interviewed about her missing husband. Explore the database by typing search terms, watch the clips where she speaks those words and piece together her story. Unlike anything you've played before, Her Story is an involving and moving experience. A game that asks you to listen.
Adventure releases from 2015
64 Adventure titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Investigation · 323
- Typing · 321
- Choose Your Own Adventure · 301
- Interactive Fiction · 301
- Exploration · 296
- Detective · 296
- Puzzle · 294
- Crime · 288
- Visual Novel · 286
- FMV · 279
- Point & Click · 276
- Female Protagonist · 265
- Nonlinear · 263
- Conversation · 262
- Psychological Horror · 255
Peer Adventure titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 9.7k Steam reviews | Top 24% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 90% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 54% |
| Metacritic | 86/100 | Genre average 77 — top 13% of Adventure titles |
| Engagement hours | 4 h average | Top 71% for session depth among Adventure |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
90%Very Positive · 9.7k reviews
8.8k positive · 973 negative
Metacritic
86/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
6.2/10
Curator recommendations
8.0k
Press Quotes
“As well as being a superb detective game, Her Story might be the best FMV game ever made.” RPS Recommended – Rock Paper Shotgun “Her Story has all the drama and intrigue of the best TV crime shows, but plays to the interactive strengths of the medium in a daring, imaginative way, trusting you to make sense of the scattered jigsaw pieces at your own pace. It’s her story, but it’s also your story. The murder mystery is as old…
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
4h
brief (under 5 hours)
Median
3h
Typical completion time
Achievements
13
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jun 24, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Sam Barlow |
| Base price | $4.99 -50% |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Content Notes
Verbal description of sex acts, violence and homicide. Some profanity.
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (2)
- English volume_up
- Japanese volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Japanese
Editions & Packages
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