Games like Her Story
If Her Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Telling Lies, Criminal Expert and Internet Court — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its contemplative, immersive and mysterious. 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.
Get personalized picks →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.
Players who liked Her Story also play
Steam players who put hours into Her Story also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Telling Lies
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Her Story.
Top pick for Her Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Criminal Expert
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Her Story.
Second-strongest match for Her Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Her Story.
Criminal Expert is a detective video game that puts you under the pressure of inexorably passing time. The story contains multiple selection paths, and you ultimately decide how it ends.
Internet Court
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Her Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
A live-action comedic courtroom thriller, where YOU are the prosecution, defense and the judge!
Chains of Judgment
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Her Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
Homicide detective Ralph is distraught when his trusted, reliable partner goes missing around the same time strange killings begin to take place. While solving the case, Ralph is paired up with an impish rookie he can't get along with.
Verbal Verdict
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Her Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
In Verbal Verdict you're a novice investigator in 1950's Brooklyn, solving crimes and climbing the ranks by interrogating suspects and solving problems in a detective game powered by artificial intelligence.
The List
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Her Story.
Ranked #6 for Her Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
A young man is interviewed by the police only to turn up dead a week later. 3 years have passed, a special agent from Santa Fe navigates the police database in order to solve the mystery.
Trials of Innocence
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Her Story.
Ranked #7 for Her Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.
Murder by Numbers
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Her Story.
Ranked #8 for Her Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Solve Pixel Puzzles to find clues. Use those clues to interrogate witnesses. Work your way to the truth... ...and uncover the mystery of Murder by Numbers!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Her Story
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The Roottrees are Dead
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Her Story.
Reviewers of Her Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Her Story.
A genealogical mystery straight out of 1998. Scour the early Internet for clues, uncover hidden connections, and piece together the family tree behind the secretive Roottree Corporation.
Telling Lies
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Her Story.
Reviewers of Her Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
A Normal Lost Phone
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Her Story.
Reviewers of Her Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Her Story.
A Normal Lost Phone is a game about exploring the intimacy of an unknown person whose phone was found by the player.
Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Her Story.
Reviewers of Her Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Big Brother has arrived - and it’s you. Investigate the lives of citizens to find those responsible for a series of terror attacks. Information from the internet, personal communications and private files are all accessible to you. But, be warned, the information you supply will have consequences.
Cyber Manhunt
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Her Story.
Reviewers of Her Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
Cyber Manhunt is a story-oriented puzzle game focusing on big data, hacking, citizen privacy, and social workers. It focuses on social issues such as cyber violence and privacy breaches.
IMMORTALITY
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Her Story.
Reviewers of Her Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.
Othello
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Her Story.
Reviewers of Her Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Her Story.
The classic abstract strategy game comes to Steam! Othello is an ageless game that takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master. Place tiles surrounding your opponents tiles to flip them to your color. Get to the end with more tiles of your color and you are the winner!
Return of the Obra Dinn
WHY THIS
Shares a mysterious mood with Her Story.
Reviewers of Her Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Her Story at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Her Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Her Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Her Story.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Her Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Her Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Her Story.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Her Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Her Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Her Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Her Story.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Her Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Her Story.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Her Story.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Her Story.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Her Story.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Her Story.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Her Story.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Frequently asked about Her Story
- 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, Criminal Expert, Internet Court.
- Who developed Her Story?
- Her Story was developed by Sam Barlow.
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