Choose your next Her Story search term from something you actually heard, then write down the question you hope it will answer. That keeps the investigation connected to the interviews instead of turning it into a random list of crime-related words.

Her Story presents a police database of live-action interview footage. You type terms to find clips in which the interviewee speaks those words, then work out how the fragments fit together. The footage comes from seven interviews about a missing husband in 1994. Search for words from those conversations to follow a lead without opening a walkthrough's keyword list. Official Steam description

Listen through the clip before collecting another keyword

A striking word can make you want to leave a clip immediately and search for it. Finish listening first. The rest of the statement may explain what the word means, introduce another useful connection, or change the apparent importance of the phrase.

Write only the words that raise a question you want to pursue. If you record every noun, the search queue becomes another database to navigate. A small queue with reasons is easier to use than a long queue with no priorities.

For example, a fictional interview might mention a greenhouse. Your note could say “greenhouse: find out why this place matters.” The example is invented and is not a recommended keyword from the game.

Search the language of the interview

The database searches spoken words. Start with the wording used in the footage instead of replacing it with a more formal description from your own theory. A character may describe an object or relationship differently from the way you would summarize it.

If you are uncertain about a word, listen again before building several searches around a mishearing. Check the text support available in your edition if it helps, but do not assume that every platform or language offers identical options.

A search result tells you where a term was used. It does not automatically show why that term matters to the larger story. Return to the context of the sentence and the rest of the clip before treating the result as confirmation.

Keep a queue of questions, not a list of answers

Use three short fields: term, reason for searching, and what the result changed. The third field is important because it prevents an exciting new clip from leaving your original question unresolved and forgotten.

Cross out a search once it has answered your question. If the subject comes up in a different context later, add a new question beside the same term.

Build chronology carefully

The order in which you discover clips is not necessarily the order in which the described events occurred. Keep those sequences separate in your notes.

When a statement recalls an earlier event, record the relative timing the words actually support. “Before the trip” can be a useful entry even when you cannot assign a precise date. Do not invent a calendar date to make the timeline look finished.

If a new clip seems to contradict your sequence, revisit the original wording. You may have confused the date of the interview with the date of the event being discussed, or turned an uncertain reference into a firm assumption.

Preserve the difference between speech and evidence

The fact that the interviewee makes a statement does not settle whether its contents are accurate. Write “she says” when you are recording an account, and keep your interpretation separately.

This matters even when a statement is vivid or emotionally persuasive. Delivery can affect how you interpret a line, but it does not replace corroboration. Look for another relevant passage before treating a major claim as established.

Keep competing explanations when they lead to different searches. If one theory depends on the timing of an event and another on a relationship, those give you separate leads to check.

Work around the five-result limit

Her Story displays at most five search results, a restriction Sam Barlow discusses in a developer interview.

A broad term can therefore keep returning familiar footage. Try a more specific word from a conversation you want to pursue. If your fictional “greenhouse” search keeps showing the same material, consider a name or activity mentioned alongside it. Keep the new search tied to the question you were trying to answer.

When searches become repetitive

Review your recent terms and ask whether they all depend on the same assumption. If you have searched only names connected to one theory, return to a clip you understood poorly and inspect a different kind of detail: a place, an activity, or the wording of a relationship.

A reference you dismissed on the first viewing may now connect with something heard elsewhere.

Avoid achievement guides and complete keyword lists during a first investigation if you want to preserve discovery. Even a single unfamiliar term can reveal a connection you have not reached yourself.

End with one next search

Before stopping, write the question that currently matters most and the term you intend to try next. That is enough to restart without rereading every note.

Her Story is built around spoken crime-fiction material rather than action. The store's content description includes verbal accounts of violence and homicide, so dialogue-focused presentation should not be mistaken for mild subject matter. Check the exact listing and language support before buying. Store and content information