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Telling Lies
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“After playing "Her Story", I decided to give this one a try and I'm glad I did. The production is miles better - I liked "Her Story", don't get me wrong, but the video and the general feel are much more professional in this one. The actors are good and the story is interesting.…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I did not enjoy the "game" part of this, but on a discount it's worth it to watch the story while browsing the actual game files. The UI is not aware enough of the game it's for. Most of the videos you're supposed to find are two sides of a videocall, but the game has no way of…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“A poor follow-up to Her Story, which even with some flaws, is a great game. A bigger budget, more complex story, and higher profile actors don't have the game from having an overall weak story. Most importantly - gameplay loop goes from super quick and engaging in Her Story to…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
THIS SUNDAY: Project Ambrosio Reveal
We haven't released many details about Project Ambrosio, the next title from Telling Lies creator Sam Barlow, but this Sunday, as part of The Future Games Show, we're letting a few more into the world
Telling Lies 1st Anniversary!
It's been over a year since Telling Lies dropped on Steam! Thank you to everyone who has played, streamed, wishlisted, talked about and otherwise supported the game over the past twelve months. In ord
Telling Lies wins at Golden Joysticks!
At the 2019 Golden Joysticks, Telling Lies was nominated for Ultimate Game of the Year -- an incredible achievement for a game as unconventional as this! But most excitingly, Logan Marshall-Green won
Telling Lies shortlisted for Ultimate Game of the Year
The Golden Joysticks has announced its shortlist for the Ultimate Game of the Year and Telling Lies is on it! They say: "Sam Barlow directs his greatest work to date with this exploded – and explosive
Deep Dive into Telling Lies
Sam dives deeply into the development of Telling Lies and the inspirations behind the game's mechanics over on Gamasutra: Deep Dive: Telling Lies - Making a mechanic out of scrubbing video https://ste
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Mystery · FMV · Thriller · Detective · Story Rich · Adventure · Indie · Realistic · Investigation · Crime · Interactive Fiction · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 8800 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space