Telling Lies

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A Video Game About Private Conversations Telling Lies is the new video game from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. An investigative thriller game with non-linear storytelling, Telling Lies revolves around a cache of secretly recorded video [link deleted] stars Logan Marshall-Green , Alexandra Shipp , Kerry Bishé and Angela Sarafyan .

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Developer:
Half Mermaid
Publisher:
Annapurna Interactive
Release date:
23 August 2019
Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (1225)

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Description

A Video Game About Private Conversations

Telling Lies is the new video game from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. An investigative thriller game with non-linear storytelling, Telling Lies revolves around a cache of secretly recorded video conversations. It stars Logan Marshall-Green, Alexandra Shipp, Kerry Bishé and Angela Sarafyan.

How does it work?


Telling Lies sits you in front of an anonymous laptop loaded with a stolen NSA database full of footage. The footage covers two years in the intimate lives of four people whose stories are linked by a shocking incident. Explore the database by typing search terms, watch the clips where those words are spoken and piece together your story.

Unlike anything you've played before, Telling Lies is an intimate and intense experience. A game where you decide the truth.

Recommended system requirements

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

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

Rafaveli
Not recommended | 11 Jan 2026
17.5h played

The story and acting are pretty good. That is the only good thing I have to say about this "game". Playing this thing is very annoying. I'd suggest just using a guide and looking up the keywords and bookmarking videos.

Helpful: 12
borc
Not recommended | 03 Sept 2025
6.5h played

Review from 2020: A follow up to Her Story that didn't pack the same punch. The trickle of story was neat like it was the first time around and the videos were well acted, the problem arose from videos having long

Helpful: 13
jeff
Not recommended | 18 Jan 2026
3.5h played

I really enjoyed her story so i thought i'd give this game a shot too despite all the negative reviews. while yes, it is annoying that the clips are on average 5 minutes long, compared to 15 seconds in her story, what's

Helpful: 12
m_szpatula
Recommended | 02 Oct 2025
1h played

Nice & interesting, with a running time of your average feature film and way better than many A-movies. HOWEVER, the idea of having to watch one side of a dialogue (with the actor reacting for 30s to the other side's

Helpful: 12
Pupperino
Recommended | 23 Jan 2026
6.5h played

Well, this game is exceptionally well-designed in terms of the acting, realism, and the very precise writing that's necessary to ensure the player uncovers the story gradually but reliably, but it's quite poorly

Helpful: 7
eNinjaPL
Not recommended | 18 Nov 2025
3.9h played

"Telling Lies" hinders the detective work due to the lack of a few key features that, in my opinion, would significantly improve the flow and clarity of the gameplay: - Enable Jump to Start: Add a quick "jump to 0:00"

Helpful: 7