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Released Aug 23, 2019 $19.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

Telling Lies

By Sam Barlow · published by Annapurna Interactive

Followers —
Reviews 1,259 Mixed
Players yesterday 4 at the busiest moment
Owners 200K–500K estimated

About Telling Lies

Telling Lies is a game tagged Mystery, FMV and Thriller by Sam Barlow, released Aug 23, 2019. It has 1,259 Steam reviews (Mixed). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include The List, Mind Diver and Jessika.

Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
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Everything Steam lists for Telling Lies · record updated 2 hours ago

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Overview

App ID762830
Release dateAug 23, 2019
Last change number39323160
Last record update2 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Sam Barlow, Half Mermaid, Furious Bee Limited
Publisher
Annapurna Interactive
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise
Annapurna Interactive, Sam Barlow
Metacritic
84

Languages

12 · 1 with full audio
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes
All 12 languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Russian Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes

Platforms

Windows macOS
Steam Deck
Unsupported

Features

6
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Related apps

Prices

Price · US$19.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 24, 2026
Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

ColombiaCOL$COP

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Patches

Builds

2
BuildBranchUpdated
20230734publicOct 6, 2025
4274625windows7Oct 18, 2019

Packages & DLC

Packages

3
IDNameGamesPrice (US)
225410 Telling Lies 1 $19.99
11817 Bundle Telling Lies - Soundtrack Edition 1 $22.48
11633 Bundle Telling Lies & Her Story Bundle 2 $26.98

Depots

Depots

3
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
762831 — Windows 6.02 GB 5.11 GB 1252581279647677926
762832 — macOS 6.03 GB 5.14 GB 4046097414113561435
762833 — Windows 6.01 GB 5.11 GB 3761086890137577132

Branches

2
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 20230734 Oct 6, 2025 Open
windows7 4274625 Oct 18, 2019 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Telling Lies

Launch options

2
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
TellingLies.exe Windows · 64-bit
TellingLies.app macOS

Cloud saves

Space per player146.5 KB
Filesup to 1
Save locations0

Screenshots

Telling Lies screenshot 1 Telling Lies screenshot 2 Telling Lies screenshot 3 Telling Lies screenshot 4 Telling Lies screenshot 5 Telling Lies screenshot 6

Update history

Changes to the Steam record

since we started watching
  1. Oct 25, 2026 · 13:13 #39323160
    • appid removed
    • common.ReleaseState added released
    • common.releasestate removed

News

  1. Jun 14, 2021 · Rock, Paper, Shotgun Telling Lies developer's next game is Immortality, about a missing movie star

    The developer of swell narrative games Her Story and Telling Lies teased his next project last summer with a rather redacted store page. Half Mermaid and Sam Barlow's next game, Immortality, has now …

  2. Jun 9, 2021 · Community Announcements 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 worl…

  3. Aug 28, 2020 · Community Announcements 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 or…

  4. Dec 23, 2019 · PC Gamer Telling Lies' FMV performances modernise the way we tell stories in games

    Looking through the casefile of this year's best games, the evidence shows that it's been a fantastic year for desktop detectives—from the painting that killed its creator in Tangle Tower, to the anc…

  5. Nov 29, 2019 · Community Announcements 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…

  6. Oct 25, 2019 · Community Announcements 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 explosiv…

  7. Oct 9, 2019 · Community Announcements 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://st…

  8. Oct 4, 2019 · PC Gamer Writers Guild of America scraps its videogame writing award

    The Writers Guild of America, which once considered Star Wars: The Force Unleashed the pinnacle of videogame writing, has decided to drop the category from its 2020 awards, and possibly beyond, becau…

  9. Aug 29, 2019 · PC Gamer Here's how you see all the endings in Telling Lies

    Telling Lies is a compelling investigative thriller from Sam Barlow, the creator of Her Story. It's a twisting, complex tale told entirely through secretly recorded video calls, and there are three T…

  10. Aug 24, 2019 · Rock, Paper, Shotgun Sleuth through strangers' FMV lives in Telling Lies

    FMV investigate em up Telling Lies has launched, bring you reams of stolen footage to search through at your leisure. There s a good reason you re nosing into the lives of these four strangers, I m s…

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