Tails Noir Preludes
Worth it · Narrative · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $5.24, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Feb 2023.
- Length
- 4.3h
- Value
- $1.22/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 308 positive
Full price
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Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Tails Noir Preludes is a post-noir narrative adventure with branching choices. It is an intertwined series of vignettes about change, circumstance, and consequence. Guide four characters through formative moments in their lives in a dystopian Vancouver inhabited by anthropomorphic animals.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050ti / AMD, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
October 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $5.24. 34 discounts in the 4 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 6 percent on value. It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders ($2.52, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats What Comes After ($4.99, scores 67).
More about Tails Noir Preludes
None of the 273 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2023 to July 2026.
The drop-off
56% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
So good. I'm holding out hope that the devs will get the chance to wrap the series up one day. Howie and Larry forever... I do wish New+ would enable you to choose which character and chapter you want to play! That's pretty much my only real criticism.
2 more reviews
I played the "Tails Noir (Backbone)" 2020 game on ps5 and really can't wait for a sequel still. Playing "Tails Noir the (Backbone) Preludes" has convinced me that the "Tails Noir (Backbone)" series and Howard Lotor's journey is not over yet. I know people who used to work for Eggnut studios has hit a rough patch for three years now, but I am certain RawFury can find new management that can preserve the new future of...
An excellent compilation of vignettes that gives you a more intimate view into this exceptional worldbuilding. However, I was still left with more questions, and I can't help but feel like this game's content should have simply been integrated into the main Tails: Noir game. Both games' experiences would be amplified this way. I can't help but feel frustrated that I needed to purchase a second game in order to get...
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Cite this score
Tails Noir Preludes scores 71/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2020030/tails-noir-preludesReviews 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 Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.