Games like Her Story
If you like Her Story (detective, fmv and mystery), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Pentiment
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: longer sessions
When you fancy reading at a leisurely pace and weighing up difficult decisions.
Return of the Obra Dinn
- In common: thinking and story
When you fancy feeling like a real detective and your mind is sharp. Every confirmed deduction is a small victory.
Amanda the Adventurer
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: shorter sessions
When you want short, unsettling horror: a first playthrough takes under an hour, and there are five endings.
Chants of Sennaar
- In common: thinking
- Difference: less story
When you want to think calmly and feel like a linguist: every word you decipher is a small victory.
HIVESWAP: ACT 1
- In common: story
- Difference: less thinking
When you have a free afternoon and want a fun point-and-click adventure that wraps up in about two hours.
Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™
- In common: thinking and story
When you're in the mood for a funny point-and-click adventure where you can't die and the game gives you hints if you get stuck.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
- In common: story and thinking
- Difference: longer sessions
When you're in the mood for a story with lots of reading, sharp humour and decisions that shape who you are. With no rush and a desire to think.
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
- In common: thinking and story
When you want to laugh with a classic adventure that's over in a few afternoons and where you can barely die.
Portal
- In common: thinking
- Difference: less story
When you have an afternoon and want a complete, clever and fun experience.
The Talos Principle
- In common: thinking and story
- Difference: more progression
When you want to think calmly through well-designed puzzles and reflect a little along the way.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Her Story
You have access to a 1994 police database with hundreds of video fragments from interviews with a woman. You search keywords to find clips and piece together what happened. A simple, absorbing idea.
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