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Noir Syndrome cover art

Noir Syndrome

Glass Knuckle Games · 2014-06-04

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 03, 2014 (Mac), May 03, 2014 (Linux), May 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Noir Syndrome is a procedurally generated Detective Murder-Mystery with a new story every time! Featuring slick pixel art animations and a jazzy soundtrack, the player is thrown right in to a highly stylized vision of film noir.

Noir Syndrome is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 183 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

0
playing now
67%
positive of 183 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (60 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.6k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 183 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2019-12-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220142026Week of 2014-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.242015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-05-19 — best price $2.092015-06-11 — best price $3.492015-09-05 — best price $2.372015-11-02 — best price $6.992015-12-22 — best price $2.792016-01-29 — best price $6.992016-05-05 — best price $2.372016-07-04 — best price $6.992016-11-23 — best price $2.372016-12-22 — best price $2.372017-01-26 — best price $6.992017-06-22 — best price $1.742017-11-01 — best price $6.992017-12-21 — best price $1.742018-01-25 — best price $6.992018-06-21 — best price $1.742018-11-01 — best price $6.992018-11-27 — best price $6.992019-01-03 — best price $6.992019-06-20 — best price $1.742019-07-09 — best price $6.992019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-04-21 — best price $6.192020-05-25 — best price $6.992020-12-08 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $1.242021-07-08 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $1.242023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $1.242023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.342024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.242026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGNoirIndieMysteryAdventureDetectiveRogue-likePixel GraphicsProcedural Generation

Census log

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

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