L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files
Skip · Action · 2017
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 0, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 6.2h
- Value
- $4.84/hr
- Reviews
- 48% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB, 18 GB of storage. Windows only.
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files places you directly in the shoes of Detective Cole Phelps as you solve brutal crimes, plots and conspiracies inspired by real cases from 1947 Los Angeles, one of the most corrupt and violent times in L.A. history.
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
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $14.99. That was December 2018. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 62 in the 9 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 99 percent. L.A. Noire ($19.99, scores 68) outscores it, and so does Murdered: Soul Suspect ($19.99, scores 55). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
82 on Metacritic, 48 percent from players. A gap this way round is usually launch damage or a slow decline.
This site sampled 497 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 23 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 9 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,814 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 96 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 1 of the 23 refunded reviewers was past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 29 percent of the 496 reviews written there were positive, against 48 percent overall, and those are 51 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 6.2 hours; clearing it takes 32, which is 5.2 times the campaign.
The drop-off
27% start to <1% 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
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 05:51 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I was really thrilled to give this a go, but then I realised more than 75% of the cases aren't in the game yet they charge a high price? Why wouldn't you add the cases considering how good the reviews are? Refunding, will buy when and if the FULL game is released to VR.
I changed ISP and lost access to the associated e-mail account and to the game. Rockstar "support" kept sending me canned messages and was of no help. I even offered to send them the screenshot of my Steam Library with the game and receipt for the game. I got another canned message in response.
Very reluctant recommendation, as the driving, shooting and fighting is enjoyable and 1947 LA feels very immersive - you just can't escape the feeling that they intended to remake the whole game and gave up when they realised how much work it would be, but then sold what they had at full price anyway. Could easily have been one of the best VR games but, as it is, it's basically a short tech demo that feels more like...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
L.A. Noire: The VR Case Files scores 0/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/722230/l-a-noire-the-vr-case-filesReviews 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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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