Calvino Noir
Skip · Narrative · 2015
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 17, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 4.8h
- Value
- $1.04/hr
- Reviews
- 66% of 389 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
The film noir stealth game. Calvino Noir is the exploratory, sneaking adventure through the 1930s European criminal underworld. Architecture meets Noir as you become unwillingly entangled in a revolutionist plot.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 4600, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 60 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 89 percent of its genre. On the same math Creepy Tale ($4.99, scores 66) and Black The Fall ($14.99, scores 40) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
More about Calvino Noir
The press gave it 55; the people who bought it give it 66 percent. An 11-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 54 percent of the 137 reviews written there were positive, against 66 percent overall, and those are 39 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
46% 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
Calvino Noir is a stealth-focused adventure that distinguishes itself through an unforgettable noir aesthetic and a politically charged narrative set in an alternate version of 1930s Europe. Developed and published by Calvino Noir, Ltd., the game drops players into a nation on the verge of collapse, where authoritarian rule, underground resistance movements, and widespread fear dominate everyday life. Rather than...
2 more reviews
A great beginner game to get a grip on wsad and learn keyboard & mouse. I just so happen to love black & white movies and noir games so the aesthetic, jazz, rain, thunder/lightening, and voice lines was just a nice added touch
Calvino Noir is a stylish stealth game with a unique noir atmosphere. The art and story are intriguing, but the gameplay can feel slow and repetitive. Puzzles are basic, and the controls can be a bit clunky. It's an interesting experience, but not for everyone.
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Cite this score
Calvino Noir scores 17/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/316890/calvino-noirReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.