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Tails Noir cover art

Tails Noir

Eggnut · Raw Fury · 2021-06-08

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 08, 2021 (Mac), Feb 09, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 28, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 28, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jun 08, 2021 (Xbox One)

Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

4
playing now
67%
positive of 3.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
5.6h
to beat · rushed 5.5h · completionist 12h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Tails Noir is a 2021 noir role-playing indie video game by Canadian developer EggNut and published by Raw Fury. It was released for Microsoft Windows in June 2021, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2021, and on Nintendo Switch in February 2022. A prequel, titled Tails Noir Preludes, was released in February 2023 on Windows.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 209 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (731 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 69k–156k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,471 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$4.17-83%
GreenManGaming$4.20-83%
Gamesplanet$4.65-81%
GOG$4.99-80%
Humble Store$4.99-80%
Steam$4.99-80%
WinGameStore$4.99-80%
GOG$4.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.53 at GameBillet (2024-08-30) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 84 of 118 observed days · $1.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43443420212026Week of 2021-06-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-06 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$26.56$3.522021-06-082026-08-302021-06-08 — best price $17.992021-09-02 — best price $24.992021-11-21 — best price $24.992021-12-16 — best price $16.242022-02-28 — best price $24.992022-04-22 — best price $12.472022-06-10 — best price $13.742022-08-01 — best price $24.992022-09-14 — best price $24.992022-11-20 — best price $24.992023-01-12 — best price $12.492023-03-09 — best price $12.492023-05-05 — best price $8.742023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-08-28 — best price $6.292023-11-17 — best price $4.202023-12-22 — best price $4.772024-02-15 — best price $3.522024-04-11 — best price $4.992024-06-20 — best price $4.992024-08-10 — best price $24.992024-08-29 — best price $4.292024-10-02 — best price $4.722024-11-06 — best price $4.672024-11-29 — best price $4.152024-12-26 — best price $4.412025-01-24 — best price $4.992025-03-24 — best price $4.172025-05-22 — best price $3.992025-07-25 — best price $4.502025-10-07 — best price $4.992025-12-03 — best price $17.992026-02-03 — best price $20.722026-03-29 — best price $17.992026-04-24 — best price $4.452026-06-02 — best price $24.992026-07-17 — best price $20.722026-08-22 — best price $4.172026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

97172026-05-29 — 32 pageviews2026-06-01 — 24 pageviews2026-06-04 — 53 pageviews2026-06-07 — 87 pageviews2026-06-10 — 34 pageviews2026-06-13 — 37 pageviews2026-06-16 — 31 pageviews2026-06-19 — 26 pageviews2026-06-22 — 28 pageviews2026-06-25 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 44 pageviews2026-07-01 — 33 pageviews2026-07-04 — 27 pageviews2026-07-07 — 27 pageviews2026-07-10 — 29 pageviews2026-07-13 — 30 pageviews2026-07-16 — 26 pageviews2026-07-19 — 43 pageviews2026-07-22 — 31 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 33 pageviews2026-07-31 — 40 pageviews2026-08-03 — 23 pageviews2026-08-06 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 32 pageviews2026-08-12 — 26 pageviews2026-08-15 — 29 pageviews2026-08-18 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
62.8%
earned "Act 1"
16%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Windows (Xbox)4,2868%26
PS5 (PlayStation)1,99125%27
Steam (Steam)1,2797%26
PS4 (PlayStation)1,02917%27
PS4 (PlayStation)49025%27

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

Player tags

NoirCasualMysteryAdventureDetectiveConspiracyStory RichConversationSingleplayerSupernatural

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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