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Tails Noir Preludes cover art

Tails Noir Preludes

Eggnut · Raw Fury · 2023-02-02

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.

91%
positive of 308 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

While the world may be strange and the circumstances different, the stories in Tails are ones that everyone can relate to. Step into the shoes of four characters whose stories will reflect on different formative moments in life: Howard, a photography major experiencing college alongside his roommate, Larry. Clarissa, an heiress who will never be good enough for her father. Renee, who's confronting the lack of agency in her life. And Eli, a scientist beginning to question if what he is doing is really for the greater good. Welcome – or welcome back – to a very different Vancouver. Set in a(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (85 reviews).
  • · Top 37% of 17,044 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 308 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.63 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 57 of 88 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
818120232026Week of 2023-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$5.342023-02-022026-09-112023-02-02 — best price $14.992023-04-30 — best price $14.992023-06-13 — best price $13.342023-07-31 — best price $13.332023-10-09 — best price $13.192023-12-06 — best price $9.742024-01-29 — best price $9.742024-02-23 — best price $11.692024-04-29 — best price $11.692024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-08-18 — best price $7.322024-08-28 — best price $7.362024-09-25 — best price $7.492024-10-18 — best price $12.742024-11-10 — best price $7.372024-11-26 — best price $8.152024-12-06 — best price $12.592024-12-21 — best price $7.152024-12-31 — best price $7.872025-02-11 — best price $12.742025-03-15 — best price $13.392025-04-05 — best price $12.742025-06-03 — best price $12.422025-08-09 — best price $13.392025-10-25 — best price $6.752025-12-11 — best price $14.992026-01-26 — best price $14.992026-03-12 — best price $5.342026-04-13 — best price $5.992026-05-08 — best price $13.392026-06-14 — best price $14.992026-07-23 — best price $14.992026-09-06 — best price $14.992026-09-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
56.5%
earned "ACT ONE"
17.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-02-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11416%16

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

Player tags

2DCasualRelaxingAdventureDetectiveEmotionalStory RichAtmosphericExplorationConversation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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