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Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.

Release DateAug 23, 2019
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)64.7% (mixed) Bottom 25% / 64.6%  Bottom 30%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)62.9% Bottom 35% / 62.9%  Bottom 35%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.1K  Top 15% / 1.1K  Top 15%
Curators73 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time6.5 hours  Top 25%
Play Time per Dollar20 minutes
Followers16.6K  Top 10%
Owners± 75.5K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 58.3K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 688.9K  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Telling Lies steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Telling Lies's Steam rating and reviews between August 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 71.8% (January 2020) to 64.6% (November 2023).

The 1.1K reviews Top 15% suggest that Telling Lies might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Telling Lies and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Telling Lies's review languages. The most popular language is English (53%), followed by Simplified Chinese (12%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 22 different languages represented. The game is available in 12 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Telling Lies percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Telling Lies depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 12 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • FMV game with good acting
  • Instant searching and automatic tracking
  • Investigative/detective style
  • Multiple endings
  • Steam achievements
  • Good writing
  • Skillful acting
  • Videos often silent
  • Videos often too long
  • Weak story
  • No twists, not very suspenseful
  • No way to watch clip from beginning
  • Incredibly tedious rewinding
  • Half the footage is staring at nothing

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 64.7%  Bottom 25% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Telling Lies's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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