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Genesis Noir

Feral Cat Den · Fellow Traveller · 2021-03-26

SteamGOGEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 26, 2021 (Mac), Mar 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 11, 2021 (Xbox One)

A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.

3
playing now
79%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
5h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Genesis Noir is an adventure game developed by Feral Cat Den and published by Fellow Traveller Games. The game follows the main character, No Man, as he visits different parts of the universe while trying to save his love. The game was released on Windows, macOS, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on March 26, 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 45k–102k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,267 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%
Humble Store$2.99-80%
Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$2.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-03-13) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 57 of 91 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920212026Week of 2021-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.14$2.992021-03-162026-08-302021-03-16 — best price $11.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-08-11 — best price $14.992021-10-05 — best price $11.802021-11-26 — best price $9.742022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-02-16 — best price $11.802022-03-25 — best price $13.542022-05-26 — best price $13.392022-07-19 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-11-21 — best price $8.392022-12-23 — best price $5.992023-02-08 — best price $10.492023-04-03 — best price $14.992023-05-18 — best price $4.492023-06-25 — best price $4.492023-07-31 — best price $4.492023-09-01 — best price $4.492023-10-01 — best price $12.742023-11-03 — best price $9.722023-12-12 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-02-19 — best price $4.492024-03-23 — best price $14.992024-05-03 — best price $4.492024-06-27 — best price $4.492024-08-02 — best price $5.962024-09-18 — best price $4.492024-10-26 — best price $14.992025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-03-11 — best price $4.492025-06-03 — best price $2.992025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-12-03 — best price $14.992026-02-04 — best price $14.992026-04-02 — best price $2.992026-06-17 — best price $2.992026-08-12 — best price $3.002026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3382026-05-30 — 16 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 19 pageviews2026-06-11 — 26 pageviews2026-06-14 — 32 pageviews2026-06-17 — 20 pageviews2026-06-20 — 12 pageviews2026-06-23 — 19 pageviews2026-06-26 — 21 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-02 — 15 pageviews2026-07-05 — 13 pageviews2026-07-08 — 28 pageviews2026-07-11 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-17 — 15 pageviews2026-07-20 — 20 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-26 — 22 pageviews2026-07-29 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 16 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 24 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 11 pageviews2026-08-22 — 20 pageviews2026-08-25 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

17
achievements tracked
56.4%
earned "Seeding"
25.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)7,47138%17
Steam (Steam)1,25839%17
Switch (Nintendo)310%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

NoirIndieSpacePuzzleSurrealStylizedAdventureBeautifulHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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