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Games like Telling Lies

2019PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch62 % positive18.49 €

You dig through a database of secretly recorded video calls, using keyword searches to piece together the story of four people and their lies. A live-action, combat-free narrative driven by strong performances and your own detective work.

Strong, story-driven narrative
Dark, serious atmosphere
Lots to discover
Puzzles and brain teasers

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The closest matches for Telling Lies are Her Story, Immortality and Kathy Rain. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Telling Lies special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Telling Lies

Best alternative overall: Her Story 98% match – Strong, story-driven narrative
Newest alternative: No Case Should Remain Unsolved 91% match – released 2024

Best match

Her Story

98 %Match

2015PCSteam Deck playable89 % positive9.75 €

You type keywords into an old police database and piece together a haunting crime mystery from fragmented live-action interview clips of one woman. The story assembles itself in your head, in whatever order your curiosity leads you.

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Immortality

Lots to discover

You comb through footage from three unreleased films, using match cuts to jump between scenes and uncover what happened to actress Marissa Marcel. An unusual, dark mystery thriller weaving together film history, performance and obsession.

Kathy Rain

Puzzles and brain teasers

A story-driven point-and-click adventure set in the 90s: as journalism student Kathy you investigate your grandfather's mysterious death. Moody mystery, pixel art and classic inventory puzzles shape the journey.

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

Puzzles and brain teasers

You browse the found smartphone of a missing young woman and piece together her story from messages, photos and apps. A quiet, narrative-driven investigation with light puzzles and social themes.

Simulacra

Accessible and relaxed

You dig through a missing woman's smartphone, reading messages, using apps and watching videos, to piece together a creepy mystery. A short, story-driven horror experience told through found-footage-style screen interaction.

Rainswept

Accessible and relaxed

A quiet, story-driven point-and-click murder mystery set in a rainy small town, centered on grief, love and unresolved trauma. Its melancholic mood and gentle soundtrack carry the experience.

No Case Should Remain Unsolved

Puzzles and brain teasers

A retired senior inspector reopens an old case in a narrative detective adventure, uncovering lie after lie among the people around the victim. The focus is on memories, questioning and piecing the truth together.

Erica

Accessible and relaxed

An interactive live-action thriller where you play Erica, uncovering the truth behind her father's death. You examine clues with touch and gestures, and your choices steer the story toward different endings.

Contradiction: Spot the Liar!

Puzzles and brain teasers

An interactive live-action crime drama where you question suspects, gather evidence and catch contradictions in their statements to uncover the killer.

Overclocked: A History of Violence

Realistic visuals

A psychological point-and-click thriller in which you play an army psychiatrist interviewing five patients at a forensic hospital during a storm, piecing together their memories and traumas. Dialogue, puzzles and a dark narrative about violence drive the experience.