Rank 01Games like Her Story
- 37 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
Players who liked Her Story also play
The closest matches to Her Story: Telling Lies, The Operator, IMMORTALITY, Murder by Numbers, and The List. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02- $13.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2024
Rank 03Why this
Shares non linear storytelling with Her Story.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Verified
- 2022
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Murder by Numbers
Why this: Also Conversation and Crime, like Her Story.
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Unheard - Voices of Crime
Why this: Also Crime and Detective, like Her Story.
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: Sam Barlow
- Price: $9.99checked Nov 4
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 88% of 5,029 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual
- Metacritic 86
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Deduce connections from fragmented clips
- Enjoy the lack of traditional objectives
- Experience a unique detective style mystery
- Contemplative
- Immersive
- Mysterious
More games like Her Story, sliced differently
Reviewers mention these as similar to Her Story
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
The Roottrees are Dead
Why this: Also Detective and Investigation, like Her Story.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
Why this: Also Detective and Interactive Fiction, like Her Story.
Cyber Manhunt
Why this: Also Crime and Detective, like Her Story.
Gone Home
Why this: Same contemplative mood as Her Story.
Inscryption
Why this: Same immersive mood as Her Story.
Return of the Obra Dinn
Why this: Same mysterious mood as Her Story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Her Story at current Steam store prices.
Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure
Why this: Also Conversation and Crime, like Her Story.
TR-49
Why this: Also Nonlinear and Detective, like Her Story.
Dark Nights with Poe and Munro
Why this: Also FMV and Nonlinear, like Her Story.
SIMULACRA
Why this: Also FMV and Detective, like Her Story.
Subsurface Circular
Why this: Also Conversation and Detective, like Her Story.
Between Horizons – A Sci-Fi Detective Adventure
Why this: Also Detective and Investigation, like Her Story.
The Detail
Why this: Also Crime and Detective, like Her Story.
Stories Untold
Why this: Same mysterious mood as Her Story.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Her Story, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
of the Devil
Why this: Also Conversation and Detective, like Her Story.
TEST TEST TEST
Why this: Also Nonlinear and Detective, like Her Story.
No Results Found
Why this: Also Crime and Investigation, like Her Story.
The Children of Clay
Why this: Also Typing and Detective, like Her Story.
Adventure Escape Mysteries
Why this: Also Detective and Investigation, like Her Story.
Scarlet Hollow — Episode 1
Why this: Also Choose Your Own Adventure and Interactive Fiction, like Her Story.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Operator
Why this: Also FMV and Crime, like Her Story.
IMMORTALITY
Why this: Shares non linear storytelling with Her Story.
Murder by Numbers
Why this: Also Conversation and Crime, like Her Story.
Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Why this: Also Crime and Detective, like Her Story.
About Her Story
The closest matches to Her Story: Telling Lies, The Operator, IMMORTALITY, Murder by Numbers, and The List. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Her Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Telling Lies, The Operator and IMMORTALITY — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as contemplative, immersive and mysterious, and single out its deduction based progression and keyword searching. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Her Story is a 2015 detective game developed and published by Sam Barlow. Players explore hundreds of video clips from police interviews by searching a database with keywords, piecing together a woman's story through deduction and discovery. The mechanics include non-linear storytelling, player-driven progression, and video-clipping based exploration. Reviewers highlight the unique detective-style mystery and the addictive loop of unlocking hidden content through searching. Players describe the experience as contemplative, immersive, and mysterious, enjoying the lack of traditional objectives while deducing connections from fragmented clips. Available for $9.99 on Steam, it is playable on Steam Deck and holds an 88% positive rating from over 5000 reviews.
About Her Story: A woman is interviewed seven times by the police. Search the video database and explore hundreds of authentic clips to discover her story in this groundbreaking and award winning narrative game.
Is Her Story worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 88% of 5,029 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 10).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 4 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Deduce connections from fragmented clips
- Enjoy the lack of traditional objectives
- Experience a unique detective style mystery
- Feel addicted to solving the puzzle
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Having a button that says "delete session data" when there's an area to store clips called "user session" that instead of clearing that area RESETS THE ENTIRE GAME is the single dumbest oversight I've ever seen in a game and utterly and…”
People who play it also play: Telling Lies, The Operator, IMMORTALITY
Mobile version
Her Story is also on App Store. What the store pages declare:
- No In-App Purchases listed on the App Store (checked 2026-11-04, source)
- App Store privacy label: no "Data Used to Track You" (checked 2026-11-04, source)
On our lists: Pay once, no in-app purchases
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Frequently asked about Her Story
Can I run it?
Does Her Story run on Steam Deck?
Her Story is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Her Story cost?
Her Story is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Her Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Her Story are Telling Lies, The Operator, IMMORTALITY.
Who developed Her Story?
Her Story was developed by Sam Barlow.