Game profile
Her Story
Searching an old police database of real video footage from interrogations, players piece together a mysterious criminal case. The story about a missing person only unfolds through personal searching and connecting clues.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Puzzle / Adventure, set in the present day. Visually it is going for realism, and the overall tone stays dark throughout. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It is built around short sessions, which makes it easy to pick up for half an hour.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 2 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Real live action footage core
- Genuine detective feeling
- Compact gripping story
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you enjoy being made to think
- you usually have thirty to sixty minutes and want that to be enough
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you are watching your budget
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you want something that lasts, this is over after 3 hours
- you want something light and easy going
- you specifically want an open world to roam
How long is Her Story?
About 3 hours in total. That is roughly 2 evening(s), so you can realistically finish it this week.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 85 out of 100, which puts it above 59 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 462 overall. That is mid-table for this database. Not a standout at the top, but solidly rated.
For comparison, Puzzle averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 2 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 287 collected ratings.
Released in 2015, which makes it 11 years old. A genuine classic, and worth checking how the version you buy holds up today.
The facts
- Release year
- 2015
- Genres
- Puzzle, Adventure
- Playtime
- approx. 3 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Present day
- Visual style
- Realistic
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, Mobile
- Critic rating
- 85 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Her Story | 2015 | approx. 3 hrs. | 85 | Budget |
| Immortality | 2022 | approx. 6 hrs. | 87 | Mid price |
| Silent Hill: Townfall | 2026 | approx. 10 hrs. | 85 | Mid price |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival | 2026 | approx. 12 hrs. | 71 | Full price |
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