Her Story
Her Story is the new 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…
Her Story is an indie developed by Sam Barlow, released 24 June 2015 on Android, iOS, Linux and Mac. The main story takes about 3.4 hrs to finish.
What Her Story is
Her Story is an indie game developed by Sam Barlow and released in 2015. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are drama and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 13 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Her Story holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 85% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 287 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3.4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GB RAM and 512MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Her Story launched on 24 June 2015, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered and Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Her Story yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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