L.A. Noire
Worth it · Shooter · 2011
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 70% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$5.9970% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.90/hr
- Reviews▼
- 86% of 37,187
- Critics
- 83 players 3 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 15% Shooter
Holding it back: DRM, Reviews
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $5.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 22.3h
- To 100%
- 43.1h 1.9x the story
- Achievements
- 60
Price and sales
- Sales
- 95 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $3.99 June 2015
- Sale every
- 45d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 247 now
- Recent reviews
- 82% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 71% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
68% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
95 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 15 percent. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Paradise Killer ($19.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Murdered: Soul Suspect ($19.99, scores 56).
More about L.A. Noire
17 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 49 percent of the 3,283 reviews written there were positive, against 86 percent overall, and those are 10 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 5 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
It looks boring but actually isn't Rating: 8/10 If you are not into investigation genre like me, I think this is a good one to begin with. And don't worry, you will never get stuck because all the cases are very well curated. There are 26 crimes to solve in a post World War II setting of Los Angeles, California in year 1947. What is the gameplay like? [*] You are a cop, don't expect reckless action in the open...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's a great game but I don't want to play it because it makes me long for a world that doesn't exist anymore
la noire is one of those games where the concept is much more interesting to me than the actual experience of playing it. the detective setting, facial animation technology and investigation idea are memorable, but the gameplay can become repetitive, the interrogation logic can feel awkward, and the structure often makes me feel like i'm following the game's intended answer instead of actually solving something...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Minimum specs
Windows only.
Cite this score
L.A. Noire scores 68/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/110800/l-a-noireReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 4, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.