The game sold over 100,000 copies by 10 August 2015 ; about 60,000 copies were sold on Windows , with the remaining 40,000 sold on iOS . Barlow stated that the game 's instant popularity surprised him , as he had instead expected the game to slowly spread by word of mouth " and maybe over six months it would pay for itself . " '' Her Story '' has received multiple nominations and awards from gaming publications . It won Game of the Year from '' Polygon '' , as well as Game of the Month from '' Rock , Paper , Shotgun '' and GameSpot . It received the Breakthrough Award at the 33rd Golden Joystick Awards , Debut Game and Game Innovation at the 12th British Academy Games Awards , the award for Most Original game from '' PC Gamer '' , and the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival Awards . At The Game Awards 2015 , '' Her Story '' won Best Narrative , and Seifert won Best Performance for her role in the game . The game won Mobile Game of the Year at the SXSW Gaming Awards , the award for Mobile & Handheld at the British Academy Games Awards , awards for excellence in story and innovation at the International Mobile Gaming Awards , and Best Emotional Mobile & Handheld Game at the Emotional Games Awards , while '' The Guardian '' named it the best iOS game of 2015 , In 2015 , '' Edge '' ranked '' Her Story '' as 94th in their list of the greatest videogames of all time
12th British Academy Games Awards
12th British Academy Games Awards
Her Story (video game)