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The Lies We Tell Ourselves
The Lies We Tell Ourselves is an episodic first person psychological action-adventure game with introspective/horror elements and a focus on subtle storytelling and atmosphere. Explore, solve puzzles, survive and uncover truths buried deep within a castle of lies.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Very touching story, got immersed fairly quickly. Hooked to see what the next chapter holds.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“awesome”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2025-01 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
HOTFIX 3
Fixed a Unity compatibility bug that would prevent achievements from ever unlocking. Fixed some dodgy collisions in the father-side invisible path area. Adjusted movement speed in the Prologue and Cha
HOTFIX 2
Fixed a bug that would result in some options to be applied multiple times in a row. This should fix some issues with setting volume, brightness and mouse sensitivity correctly.
HOTFIX 1
Just a small update to mainly address the boss fight being too long/difficult/annoying. To those who left a negative review mostly because of the boss fight, please consider giving it a shot again and
JUST 5 DAYS!
The first episode of The Lies We Tell Ourselves releases in just 5 days ! As cheesy as it may sound, this game isn’t just a product; it’s a piece of my soul... a collection of lessons, failures and dr
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Psychological Horror · Puzzle · Atmospheric · Story Rich · Walking Simulator · Horror · Dark · Exploration · Adventure · Supernatural · Indie · Psychological (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel i5 or AMD equivalent Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 or AMD RADEON equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 17 GB available space Additional Notes: Suggested for a 1080p 60Hz Experience