Her Story
Released Jun 2015
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.
89% positive · 10K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Her Story launched on June 24, 2015 as a self-contained narrative game — a finite detective story built around a fixed set of police interview videos from 1994. The store description presents it as a complete experience with no mention of additional content, expansions, or post-launch updates. All developer communications on this store page since launch have pointed away from Her Story itself: the news posts from 2019–2021 exclusively promote Sam Barlow's subsequent games (Telling Lies and IMMORTALITY), treating Her Story as a completed work whose legacy is being built upon. No DLC has ever been listed, no roadmap or future content has been announced, and there is no ongoing update pattern. The game launched as a finished product and has remained so.
Evidence
Store description presents Her Story as a complete, self-contained narrative game built around a fixed set of 1994 police interview videos, with no mention of DLC, expansions, or future content.
Developer news post announces IMMORTALITY, Sam Barlow's third game, again referencing Her Story only as a past credit. All post-launch communications focus on new projects rather than Her Story updates.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Sam Barlow
Achievements
13
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
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.
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.
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.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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