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Her Story

Her Story

June 24, 2015 $4.99
Windows Mac

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.

About

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. 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.

Description

Buy Sam Barlow's New Game! About the 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. 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.

86 Metacritic
8718 Positive
1014 Negative
8002 Recommendations
11 Peak CCU
13 Achievements

Developer

Sam Barlow

Publisher

Sam Barlow

Genres

Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation

Categories

Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing, Steam Achievements

Tags

Investigation (323) Typing (321) Choose Your Own Adventure (301) Interactive Fiction (301) Exploration (296) Detective (296) Puzzle (294) Crime (288) Visual Novel (286) FMV (279) Point & Click (276) Female Protagonist (265) Nonlinear (263) Conversation (262) Psychological Horror (255) Story Rich (252) Simulation (232) Casual (232) Singleplayer (224) Realistic (223)

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About

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. 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.

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