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L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files cover art

L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files

Rockstar Games · 2017-12-15

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 24, 2019 (PlayStation VR), Dec 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 15, 2017 (SteamVR)

L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files places you directly in the shoes of Detective Cole Phelps as you solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real cases from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history.

L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files is a 2017 Action, Adventure game priced at $29.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (48% of 1167 reviews).

1
playing now
48%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.01★
PlayStation Store rating (721 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Set against the seedy and violent underbelly of 1940’s Los Angeles, L.A. Noire is the story of decorated veteran and newly minted detective Cole Phelps as he investigates an escalating series of cases inspired by real-world crimes. Each successfully solved case brings Phelps greater success, but also brings him closer to the dark criminal heart of post-war L.A.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 46 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,913 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 29k–70k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,167 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.39 at WinGameStore (2020-06-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 27 of 54 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
221Dec 2017Apr 2025Dec 2017 — avg 22 · peak 108Feb 2018 — avg 6 · peak 20Apr 2018 — avg 9 · peak 34Jun 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2018 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 17Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 19Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2021 — avg 3 · peak 14Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 4Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2025 — avg 1 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$30.12$10.492017-12-022026-08-172017-12-02 — best price $29.992018-08-30 — best price $22.492019-02-28 — best price $29.992019-07-17 — best price $15.002019-09-28 — best price $27.642020-01-22 — best price $14.992020-03-26 — best price $27.592020-08-28 — best price $14.992020-12-17 — best price $14.992021-03-01 — best price $12.752021-05-18 — best price $29.992021-08-13 — best price $12.752021-10-25 — best price $15.002021-12-20 — best price $14.992022-03-01 — best price $30.122022-06-06 — best price $14.992022-08-05 — best price $14.992022-10-08 — best price $12.902022-12-13 — best price $13.202023-04-06 — best price $29.992023-07-18 — best price $26.282023-09-07 — best price $26.762023-12-18 — best price $29.992024-02-22 — best price $26.282024-04-08 — best price $26.762024-06-08 — best price $26.762024-08-17 — best price $26.762024-10-29 — best price $26.762025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-10 — best price $14.992025-04-29 — best price $26.762025-06-26 — best price $13.202025-08-12 — best price $26.282025-10-29 — best price $26.762026-01-16 — best price $12.902026-04-20 — best price $13.502026-07-14 — best price $29.992026-08-17 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
26.5%
earned "One For The File"
3.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR Only

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS VR (PlayStation)90531%21
Steam (Steam)6505%20

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

Player tags

VRNoirCrimeActionNudityAdventureDetectiveOpen WorldStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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