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L.A. Noire

Team Bondi · Rockstar Games · 2011-11-08

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AdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 20, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Nov 08, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 17, 2011 (Xbox 360), TBD (SteamVR)

In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.

L.A. Noire is an Adventure Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 36908 reviews).

147
playing now
86%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (1043 ratings)
25
Nexus mods (38k downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (10,657 ratings)
29h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 42h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

147 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

L.A. Noire is a 2011 action-adventure game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games. Set in 1947 Los Angeles, the game follows the rise of detective Cole Phelps through the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department as he solves a range of cases across various bureaus. When he is tasked with investigating a morphine distribution ring involving several of his former squadmates from World War II, Phelps finds both his personal and professional life falling into turmoil, and reluctantly joins forces with his estranged former comrade, Jack Kelso, to uncover a major conspiracy involving prominent Los Angeles figures.

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 147 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,855 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~232/week).
  • · Review velocity up 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,821 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 37,068 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.33 at Nuuvem (2014-11-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 17 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
38238220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5031402026-09-15 11:00 — 216 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 378 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 218 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 300 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 503 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 269 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 170 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 311 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 236 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 195 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 275 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 209 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 140 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 245 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 340 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 180 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 222 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 282 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 147 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 242 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 385 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 180 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 147 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.7k130Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,680 · peak 3,522Dec 2012 — avg 435 · peak 2,912May 2013 — avg 493 · peak 1,819Oct 2013 — avg 165 · peak 357Mar 2014 — avg 594 · peak 2,940Aug 2014 — avg 279 · peak 554Jan 2015 — avg 350 · peak 906Jun 2015 — avg 340 · peak 1,225Nov 2015 — avg 200 · peak 646Apr 2016 — avg 233 · peak 475Sep 2016 — avg 370 · peak 1,658Feb 2017 — avg 238 · peak 517Jul 2017 — avg 309 · peak 730Dec 2017 — avg 614 · peak 1,639May 2018 — avg 202 · peak 434Oct 2018 — avg 154 · peak 331Mar 2019 — avg 149 · peak 313Aug 2019 — avg 221 · peak 647Jan 2020 — avg 284 · peak 635Jun 2020 — avg 248 · peak 574Nov 2020 — avg 199 · peak 450Apr 2021 — avg 245 · peak 550Sep 2021 — avg 202 · peak 445Feb 2022 — avg 287 · peak 530Jul 2022 — avg 268 · peak 527Dec 2022 — avg 166 · peak 354May 2023 — avg 240 · peak 510Oct 2023 — avg 142 · peak 273Mar 2024 — avg 245 · peak 519Aug 2024 — avg 216 · peak 436Jan 2025 — avg 261 · peak 784Jun 2025 — avg 234 · peak 509Nov 2025 — avg 199 · peak 503Apr 2026 — avg 235 · peak 545Aug 2026 — avg 202 · peak 396
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
20202026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 20 new positive2026-09-22: 6 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-24: 10 new positive2026-09-26: 10 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 8 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 13 new positive2026-10-03: 16 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-05: 11 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 9 new positive2026-10-09: 14 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 14 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$32.73$2.832015-01-012026-09-112015-01-01 — best price $2.832015-03-09 — best price $30.062015-04-20 — best price $20.492015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-11-10 — best price $19.992015-12-29 — best price $19.992016-03-10 — best price $4.002016-05-27 — best price $5.002016-08-08 — best price $26.142016-11-01 — best price $19.992017-01-14 — best price $5.992017-04-01 — best price $25.092017-07-22 — best price $19.992017-10-21 — best price $19.992017-12-17 — best price $6.992018-04-08 — best price $27.892018-08-13 — best price $18.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-02-25 — best price $9.002019-04-26 — best price $19.992019-09-05 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $6.992020-01-08 — best price $18.992020-02-12 — best price $32.732020-03-31 — best price $19.992020-10-19 — best price $19.992021-03-12 — best price $29.992021-07-29 — best price $19.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-03-10 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $6.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992024-04-08 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992026-01-12 — best price $5.992026-08-16 — best price $5.992026-09-11 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.1k6752026-06-04 — 785 pageviews2026-06-08 — 857 pageviews2026-06-12 — 782 pageviews2026-06-16 — 776 pageviews2026-06-20 — 903 pageviews2026-06-24 — 999 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,624 pageviews2026-07-02 — 998 pageviews2026-07-06 — 993 pageviews2026-07-10 — 924 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1,029 pageviews2026-07-18 — 965 pageviews2026-07-22 — 856 pageviews2026-07-26 — 883 pageviews2026-07-30 — 810 pageviews2026-08-03 — 777 pageviews2026-08-07 — 768 pageviews2026-08-11 — 807 pageviews2026-08-15 — 721 pageviews2026-08-19 — 772 pageviews2026-08-23 — 884 pageviews2026-08-27 — 1,004 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1,245 pageviews2026-09-04 — 896 pageviews2026-09-08 — 955 pageviews2026-09-12 — 827 pageviews2026-09-16 — 809 pageviews2026-09-20 — 837 pageviews2026-09-24 — 821 pageviews2026-09-28 — 3,061 pageviews2026-10-02 — 944 pageviews2026-10-06 — 813 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

29802026-10-02 14:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 270 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 222 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 292 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 58 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 27 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
67.8%
earned "Police Academy"
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller Support

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)103,54911%61
Xbox 360 (Xbox)85,8797%60
Steam (Steam)55,0655%60
PS4 (PlayStation)23,95316%63
Xbox One (Xbox)12,9287%62
Switch (Nintendo)2820%0
Xbox One (Xbox)12359%62
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

NoirCrimeActionMatureNudityMysteryAdventureCinematicDetectiveOpen World

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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