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Pixel Noir
Untangle a gripping conspiracy in this noir-influenced mystery, laced with classic RPG elements. Navigate seedy streets to collect clues, upgrade skills and customize weapons. Brawl in turn-based combat with timed hits & combos, to reveal the dark truth that plagues the city’s core and your sanity.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Interesting and fun anti-hero characters, plot is interesting. However the core fighting mechanics are mostly clunky and boring: running away is basically impossible, some quick-time-event based skill inputs are not registered when playing with an official XBOS One controller…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Update v1.19
First and foremost we want to give a big thank you to Turn Based Thursday Festival for having us in their Steam showcase again this year. We are giving a huge 50% discount this week starting tomorrow!
Update v1.18
Yes we're still patching and yes we are still working on the Nintendo Switch port. We have some more player found bugs we fixed in this patch. Corrected Wrong Leftovers Description Reading wrong % of
Update v1.17
Unless there's anything else that's broken this could be our final patch before we totally move to porting to Nintendo Switch / Switch 2. Spanish localization will be patched into the Steam version of
Update v1.16
Happy one year anniversary since the launch of Pixel Noir! It's patch time again...! - Backend Checkpoint Feature Added! When the player enters a new scene, it will save a checkpoint. A checkpoint can
Update v1.15.4
Here's another patch addressing the issues players found at Super MAGFest 2025. - Fix to stopped progress in Ch4 train sequence of events due to vanguard characters not parented to the train causing a
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | JRPG · RPG · Pixel Graphics · Retro · 2D · Turn-Based · Indie · Party-Based RPG · Turn-Based Combat · Singleplayer · Adventure · Isometric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Official site | http://www.swdtechgames.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: SSE2 instruction Memory: 32 MB RAM Graphics: Graphics card with DX10 Storage: 943 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card