Single tagdata 30 Sep 2026
Noir: 158 releases in the last 12 months
There is no price yet: it needs 30 or more indie paid launches in the last four complete quarters. 20 of 189 matured launches earned $100k or more. Releases rose 44% on the year before: 158 against 110.
- Price
- n/a under 30 launches
- Price vs a year earlier
- n/a no price
- Releases, 12 months
- 158 110 the year before
- Upcoming games
- 484 coming soon on Steam
- Games on the store
- 1,184 carrying both tags
Boards
as of 30 Sep 2026Where this tag stands on each board of the front page. Every value carries its 90% interval and its sample.
Boards rank genres and tag pairs. This tag is a theme, mood, feature or presentation tag, so it is never ranked as a market on its own; its pairs are listed below.
Launch success
Matured indie paid launches that earned an estimated $100k or more, against the number expected for games at the same price tier and launch quarter.
- Launches
- 189
- Hit rate
- 10.6%7.3% to 14.9%
- Expected rate
- 6.0%
Under 30 matured launches, so this tag is not on the launch success board. Read these counts as a small sample.
Revenue spread
189 launchesEstimated lifetime gross of the same matured launches. Half earned less than the median; one in ten earned more than the top figure.
- Bottom tenth
- $0
- Median
- $1,334
- Top tenth
- $103,524
Estimated from Steam review counts. Lifetime to date, so it differs from the first-year price above.
Supply
raw release countsGames released with this tag, last 12 months against the 12 before.
- Change
- +44%
Tag
- NoirNot a genreA theme, mood, feature or presentation tag: never ranked as a market on its own, only inside pairs.
Comparable games
8 indie titlesThe biggest indie games in this tag by estimated lifetime gross. Revenue is shown as a number at 50 or more reviews, as a range at 10 to 49, and not at all below 10.
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire (opens the Steam store)2026 · 14,757 reviews, 93% positiveest. $8.8M
The Precinct (opens the Steam store)2025 · 7,894 reviews, 87% positiveest. $4.6M
Fallen Aces (opens the Steam store)2024 · 6,632 reviews, 96% positiveest. $2M
The Drifter (opens the Steam store)2025 · 4,763 reviews, 97% positiveest. $1.9M
This Bed We Made (opens the Steam store)2023 · 3,199 reviews, 90% positiveest. $1.6M
HENPRI (opens the Steam store)2025 · 3,952 reviews, 96% positiveest. $1.2M
Duck Detective: The Secret Salami (opens the Steam store)2024 · 6,131 reviews, 94% positiveest. $1.2M
No Sleep For Kaname Date - From AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES (opens the Steam store)2025 · 841 reviews, 79% positiveest. $681k
More with Noir
pairs with Noir- 2D + Noirno price55 releases in 12 months
- Adventure + Noirno price46 releases in 12 months
- Casual + Noirno price43 releases in 12 months
- Visual Novel + Noirno price40 releases in 12 months
- Puzzle + Noirno price36 releases in 12 months
- Detective + Noirno price35 releases in 12 months
- Story Rich + Noirno price33 releases in 12 months
- Noir + Interactive Fictionno price32 releases in 12 months
- Horror + Noirno price31 releases in 12 months
- Strategy + Noirno price27 releases in 12 months
- Mystery + Noirno price26 releases in 12 months
- 3D + Noirno price26 releases in 12 months
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