Far from Noise
Skip · Short indie · 2017
The verdict
WAIT.
It has sold at a fair price before.
Today
$7.99Skip
On its price record
$6.01Fair
- Length
- 1.5h 3.6h to 100%
- Value
- $5.33/hr
- Reviews
- 83% of 202 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.01 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 208 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
Far from Noise is a narrative set on the edge of a cliff, where two characters discuss what it means to balance between life and death.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Video card with 512MB of VRAM, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 23 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 13 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 30 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 20 percent on value. It is pricier than 78 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. What Comes After ($4.99, scores 67) outscores it, and so does Adios ($17.99, scores 51). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Far from Noise
Finishing takes 1.5 hours; clearing it takes 4, which is 2.4 times the campaign.
The drop-off
64% start to 8% 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
Far From Noise is what I would call a "therapy game". I mostly played... I dunno, almost a decade ago now. It was during a profoundly difficult point in my life, and I don't think I can say that a short game on Steam helped me through it, not exactly - but it did provide a few moments of peace and perspective in the middle of everything. Whether you need that or not, the game is quite beautiful in its own small way...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Interesting concept, but held back by mediocre execution. I agree this game offers a somewhat unique experience with poetry writing. But it has pacing issues, such as big pauses between dialogue and scenes. It touches on various themes, but some of them were big miss to me. Those made me feel bored during some parts of the story. The visual is great and match the story, although it feels too static at times. The...
You shouldn't replay the game three or more times to get all the achievements especially when the narration is linear and you can do nothing but to wait to the next anwer bubble to appear. The narration was made to look like a poetic experience but stained by the dumbness of the answers. Would not reccomend as you can find much deeper walking simulator-narration games on Steam.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Far from Noise scores 47/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 20, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/706130/far-from-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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.