Noise
Skip · Narrative · 2019
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 2, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 1.5h 3.2h to 100%
- Value
- $3.33/hr
- Reviews
- 55% of 298 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
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 USSR era is coming to its end – it is 1988. The radio amateur catches a strange signal that emits incomprehensible noises. It is broadcast around the clock and only sometimes a human voice makes its way through the air. You will have to uncover terrifying secrets about this enigmatic signal.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Onboard or dedicated graphics accelerator with 1GB+ of video RAM, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
91 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 83 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is cheaper than 61 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 98 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Narcosis ($14.99, scores 34) and Occult ($4.99, scores 25) both outscore it.
More about Noise
Finishing takes 1.5 hours; clearing it takes 3, which is 2.1 times the campaign.
The drop-off
57% start to 24% 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
A short game with an interesting story that had a Half Life like feel too it (Soviet Half Life 😊) I wish it was longer with more story to discover (perhaps in another timeline they did us this anomaly and the USSR continued). The English voice acting could be better, but in Russian it was perfect so I suggest playing it this way. No performance issues and I didn't encounter any fame breaking bug (monster glitched...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Noise scores 2/100 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/676760/noiseReviews 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.