Games like Noir Syndrome
If Noir Syndrome is your kind of game, the closest matches are Pecaminosa, Single Malt Apocalypse and Lockheart Indigo — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, mysterious and tense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About 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.
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Pecaminosa
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Top pick for Noir Syndrome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Noir Syndrome.
Activate your detective skills in this noir-influenced police action RPG. Grab your gun and prepare to face the strangest case of John Souza's career by helping the ghost of a dead mobster get "justice". Hit the streets in search of intel, befriend the scum and beat those who will try to stop you.
Single Malt Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Noir Syndrome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Save the sleepy mining town from a cosmic threat in this late 80s-style adventure with RPG elements. Retro to the core!
Lockheart Indigo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Third-strongest match for Noir Syndrome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
A private-eye must deceive a rich family into revealing their darkest secrets, before the killer amongst them silences everyone.
JACK: 1 % BATTERY - A Detective Thriller
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Noir Syndrome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Experience a race against time written by a former forensic investigation expert. As detective JACK, you are the last hope to rescue the US President's kidnapped daughter. With only 1% battery left on her phone, use authentic detective techniques to find her before the screen goes black.
Shadows of Doubt
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Ranked #5 for Noir Syndrome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
The Blackwell Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Ranked #6 for Noir Syndrome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
The Shivah
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Ranked #7 for Noir Syndrome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
Kathy Rain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Ranked #8 for Noir Syndrome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Set in the '90s, Kathy Rain tells the story of a strong-willed journalism major who has to come to terms with her troubled past as she investigates the mysterious death of her recently deceased grandfather.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Noir Syndrome at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Noir Syndrome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Noir Syndrome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Noir Syndrome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Noir Syndrome on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Noir Syndrome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Noir Syndrome.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Noir Syndrome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Noir Syndrome on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Noir Syndrome.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Noir Syndrome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of 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.
The Supper
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
The Supper is a short adventure game about the darkest side of the human soul. Ms. Appleton was always a wellspring of kindness, until The Voice started talking to her.
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More from Glass Knuckle Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Glass Knuckle Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Defragmented
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Another title from Glass Knuckle Games, the studio behind Noir Syndrome. Shares Indie and RPG with Noir Syndrome.
Defragmented is a lightning-fast cyberpunk action RPG with a pulsing synth soundtrack. Welcome to Entropolis – New World, Bad Blood.
Heliophobia
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Another title from Glass Knuckle Games, the studio behind Noir Syndrome. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Heliophobia is a first-person horror/mystery adventure presented through a surreal, non-linear narrative. You awake on a vacant plane, given only a singular task: kill the one with the initials "J.R.".
Ad Infernum
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Another title from Glass Knuckle Games, the studio behind Noir Syndrome. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Stranded at an abandoned gas station in the middle of the desert. Losing your grip on reality. Dark rituals. Demonic pursuers. No escape.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Shadows of Doubt
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Take on the role of a private investigator in this immersive detective simulator. Solve murders and other crimes in a procedurally generated and persistent city where every NPC lives and breathes their own independent lives. Find the killer quickly… or they will kill again!
The Blackwell Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
The Shivah
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Noir Syndrome.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Noir Syndrome.
Russell Stone is a Jewish Rabbi at a poor synagogue in New York City. He is a devout man with a problem. Membership is way down and he lacks the funds to keep his synagogue open. Things are looking very bleak, and he has grown progressively more cynical and bitter with the passage of time.
Frequently asked about Noir Syndrome
- How much does Noir Syndrome cost?
- Noir Syndrome is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Noir Syndrome?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Noir Syndrome are Pecaminosa, Single Malt Apocalypse, Lockheart Indigo.
- Who developed Noir Syndrome?
- Noir Syndrome was developed by Glass Knuckle Games.
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