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Noir Syndrome
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Noir Syndrome is one of those games that falls into the quirky category of "For its price, it's pretty good." In spite of the claims of the developer, to say that each playthrough of Noir Syndrome generates a new and unique procedurally generated Murder Mystery story is a bit of…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“The thing I really liked about this game, is that I as I got to understand the dynamics of the gameworld / exploration elements, I started finding the clues I needed faster, and succeeding more. Like Binding of Isaac, it's less about a single play that weaves a story, as the way…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Noir Syndrome is an interesting game. It tries to bring in something new to the Rogue-lite market, by putting you in the shoes of a private detective. From there, you have several places to visit to gather clues and suspects, while trying not to step on the wrong faction's toes.…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedLatest official news
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Steam Winter Sale
Noir Syndrome is 60% off for the Steam Winter Sale. Grab the game at just under $3. Happy Holidays everyone! - Dave
Steam Winter Sale
Noir Syndrome is 60% off for the Steam Winter Sale. Grab the game at just under $3. Happy Holidays everyone! - Dave
Steam Summer Sale
Noir Syndrome is 50% off for the duration of the Steam Summer Sale! This is a great opportunity to pick up the game for just a few bucks. Have fun with the rest of the sale everyone! - Dave
Steam Summer Sale
Noir Syndrome is 50% off for the duration of the Steam Summer Sale! This is a great opportunity to pick up the game for just a few bucks. Have fun with the rest of the sale everyone! - Dave
Defragmented - our next project - is now on Kickstarter!
Hey everyone. As I had mentioned in the last major update, I've been devoting most of the past year to working on a new project . I'm still supporting Noir Syndrome - answering questions, helping user
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Indie · Adventure · RPG · Noir · Pixel Graphics · Detective · Procedural Generation · Mystery · Rogue-like (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Core HD Graphics (2000/3000), or dedicated GPU with OpenGL Support, 1280x720 or above Storage: 200 MB available space Sound Card: OpenAL-Compatible Additional Notes: Tends to run well even on many low-end machines