Genesis Noir
Skip · Narrative · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 41, under the fair line, at $14.99.
- Length
- 4.6h
- Value
- $3.26/hr
- Reviews
- 79% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Radeon R9 285 (or equivalent) or GeForce GTX 560Ti or newer, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
A noir adventure spanning time and space. When a love triangle between cosmic beings becomes a bitter confrontation, you'll witness a gunshot fired by a jealous god—otherwise known as The Big Bang. Jump into the expanding universe and search for a way to destroy creation and save your love.
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
The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in March 2025. Its cuts run 70 percent off as a rule. There have been 56 in the 6 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 34 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. On the same math Samorost 2 ($4.99, scores 61) and Papetura ($4.07, scores 77) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.
Steam's global achievement data puts 24 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15. This site sampled 642 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 257 reviews written there were positive, against 79 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
56% start to 24% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
2 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 21:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Yes, it's a masterpiece. Noir, jazz, and astrophysics - that's my cup of tea. The only minor softlock I faced was quickly solved by loading from the checkpoint.
This game was an absolute trip. I streamed it all in one sitting and we were all entranced. The art is gorgeous and the music is wonderful. The story is wild and metaphysical but it all kind of comes together in the end, you just got to trust the process. If artsy games aren't your thing, give this a miss. Otherwise I wholly recommend it and eagerly look forward to their next project: Nirvana Noir.
This entire game is a series of dream sequences. There is no real mechanical throughline. Every scene is its own little vignette with only a loose connection to any other scene. There is no pretense of player agency nor any real skill elements. It is a pretentious indie-film that you occasionally have to move the mouse, click on things, and/or use the arrow keys to progress. This game is really mad it wasn't in the...
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Cite this score
Genesis Noir scores 41/100 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/735290/genesis-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 26, price as of Oct 1.
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