Her Story

Sam Barlow

About this game

Her Story is the critically acclaimed mystery game from Sam Barlow. Playing like an interactive true crime documentary, the game lets you go hands on with 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 and logs you into a police database. Search through hundreds of video clips that cover 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. One that asks you to listen.

Ratings and reviews

First impression? Pointless. You're not given any real background, you have to just search for random keywords that may or may not yield results, and even if they do You're limited to only the first 5 video clips from the interviews, so 61 search results means you'll never get to see the other 56 videos. Simply nothing about this game to grip your interest enough to make an intellectual investment in it, in my opinion. Even for free, I wouldn't bother.

More of an experience than a game, overall this was an excellent time and it was fun to keep track of your own theories on what's going on as you watch the videos and choose to investigate what you want. I do agree that there should be more to wrap it up as opposed to the way it "ends." Overall, five stars for the acting and the concept, and the intrigue I felt while playing it.

Game premise is promising, and initial desktop and layout look good. But like many others have stated, after clicking a video to watch, there is no way to back out or leave screen to continue the game. If they fix it, it'll get a higher review. Until then, I asked for a refund and won't be purchasing the game again.

What’s new

Updated to the latest Android version and fixed crash that was affecting some devices