Telling Lies
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2019
Platforms
Play modes
- single-player video game
Localized titles
- Telling Lies
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Simulation*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Simplified Chinese*
Audio languages
- English*
- Simplified Chinese*
Community tags · historical
- Mystery*
- Votes · historical
- 297*
- FMV*
- Votes · historical
- 291*
- Thriller*
- Votes · historical
- 289*
- Detective*
- Votes · historical
- 285*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 279*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 266*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 264*
- Realistic*
- Votes · historical
- 263*
- Investigation*
- Votes · historical
- 261*
- Crime*
- Votes · historical
- 256*
- Interactive Fiction*
- Votes · historical
- 252*
- Simulation*
- Votes · historical
- 252*
- Exploration*
- Votes · historical
- 247*
- Point & Click*
- Votes · historical
- 246*
- Puzzle*
- Votes · historical
- 242*
- Open World*
- Votes · historical
- 229*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 222*
- Nonlinear*
- Votes · historical
- 221*
- Drama*
- Votes · historical
- 204*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 199*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows 10*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce 8800 or equivalent*
- Graphics API
- Version 11*
- Storage
- 4 GB available space*
- macOS · Minimum*
- Operating system
- OS X Yosemite*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.00 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Storage
- 4 GB available space*
Compatibility and community reports
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Bronze*
- Reports
- 15*
- Community confidence
- good*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Unsupported*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Half Mermaid Productions
- Sam Barlow
- Half Mermaid*
- Furious Bee Limited*
Publishers
- Annapurna Interactive*
Release history
- 2019-08-23
- Date precision
- Exact date
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Aug 23, 2019*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 8 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- GeForce 8800 or equivalent*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 4* GB
- Name
- Telling Lies*
- Release year
- 2,019*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce 8800 or equivalent*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 4 GB*
Specifications 2 · 34 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 11*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 157* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Sam Barlow*
- Half Mermaid*
- Furious Bee Limited*
- DLC count · historical
- 1*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 200000 - 500000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- Yes*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 260* min
- Metacritic score
- 84*
- Name
- Telling Lies*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 445*
- Peak ccu
- 4*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 786*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 4.99*
- Publishers
- Annapurna Interactive*
- Recommendations
- 1,202*
- Store release date · historical
- Aug 23, 2019*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available
- Captions available*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Sam Barlow
- Sam Barlow*
- Half Mermaid
- Half Mermaid*
- Furious Bee Limited
- Furious Bee Limited*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Annapurna Interactive
- Annapurna Interactive*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Aug 23, 2019*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 3 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 334* min
- Ccu
- 4*
- Developer
- Sam Barlow, Half Mermaid, Furious Bee Limited*
- Historical discount
- 75* %
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 343* min
- Name
- Telling Lies*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 445*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 200,000 .. 500,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 786*
- Historical US price
- 499* US cents
- Publisher
- Annapurna Interactive*
- Community tags · historical
- Mystery*
- FMV*
- Thriller*
- Detective*
- Story Rich*
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Realistic*
- Investigation*
- Crime*
- Interactive Fiction*
- Simulation*
- Exploration*
- Point & Click*
- Puzzle*
- Open World*
- Singleplayer*
- Nonlinear*
- Drama*
- Atmospheric*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Community tags · historical
- Mystery
- Mystery*
- FMV
- FMV*
- Thriller
- Thriller*
- Detective
- Detective*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Realistic
- Realistic*
- Investigation
- Investigation*
- Crime
- Crime*
- Interactive Fiction
- Interactive Fiction*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Exploration
- Exploration*
- Point & Click
- Point & Click*
- Puzzle
- Puzzle*
- Open World
- Open World*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Nonlinear
- Nonlinear*
- Drama
- Drama*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Tags votes
- Mystery
- Votes · historical
- 297*
- FMV
- Votes · historical
- 291*
- Thriller
- Votes · historical
- 289*
- Detective
- Votes · historical
- 285*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 279*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 266*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 264*
- Realistic
- Votes · historical
- 263*
- Investigation
- Votes · historical
- 261*
- Crime
- Votes · historical
- 256*
- Interactive Fiction
- Votes · historical
- 252*
- Simulation
- Votes · historical
- 252*
- Exploration
- Votes · historical
- 247*
- Point & Click
- Votes · historical
- 246*
- Puzzle
- Votes · historical
- 242*
- Open World
- Votes · historical
- 229*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 222*
- Nonlinear
- Votes · historical
- 221*
- Drama
- Votes · historical
- 204*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 199*
Specifications 4 · 27 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available*
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Sam Barlow*
- Half Mermaid*
- Furious Bee Limited*
- Store genres
- Adventure*
- Indie*
- Simulation*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: OS: OS X Yosemite Processor: 2.00 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 4 GB available space *
- Metacritic score
- 84*
- Name
- Telling Lies*
- Windows 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 *
- Platforms
- windows*
- mac*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $19.99*
- Publishers
- Annapurna Interactive*
- Recommendations total
- 1,194*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Aug 23, 2019*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available
- Captions available*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Sam Barlow
- Sam Barlow*
- Half Mermaid
- Half Mermaid*
- Furious Bee Limited
- Furious Bee Limited*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- macOS requirements
- macOS · Minimum
- Operating system
- OS X Yosemite*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.00 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Storage
- 4 GB available space*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows 10*
- Processor alternatives
- 2.0 GHz Dual Core Processor*
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce 8800 or equivalent*
- Graphics API
- Version 11*
- Storage
- 4 GB available space*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- macOS
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Annapurna Interactive
- Annapurna Interactive*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Aug 23, 2019*
- Interface languages
- French*
- Italian*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Spanish - Latin America*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Simplified Chinese*
Specifications 5 · 15 fields
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- unsupported*
- Store genres
- Adventure|Indie|Simulation*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 4,548*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- good*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 15*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- bronze*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,019*
- Title
- Telling Lies*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Unsupported*
- Store genres
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Simulation
- Simulation*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Bronze*
- Reports
- 15*
- Community confidence
- good*
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