- 74/100
- Players32 ratings
- 78/100
- Critics2 reviews
- Player reviews
- 66% positive2,598 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac
- Price
- US$24.99
Where to get it
2021 · EggNut · Adventure · Indie
Backbone
Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019.
- Released
- 8 June 2021
- Platforms
- LinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4PlayStation 5WindowsXbox OneXbox Series X/SmacOS
- Genres
- AdventureIndiePoint-and-click adventurePuzzleRole-playingVisual novel
- Developers
- EggNut
- Publishers
- Raw Fury
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ThrillerMystery
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
- Age ratings
- CLASS_IND 16PEGI 16ACB MA 15+USK 16ESRB M
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 5.5hmain story5.5hwith extras12hcompletionist
About
Tails Noir (previously known as Backbone) is a 2021 noir role-playing indie video game by Canadian developer EggNut and published by Raw Fury. It was released for Microsoft Windows in June 2021, for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2021, and on Nintendo Switch in February 2022. A prequel, titled Tails Noir Preludes, was released in February 2023 on Windows.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Story
Set in a dystopian version of Vancouver, Canada, populated by anthropomorphic creatures, Tails Noir follows Howard Lotor, a raccoon and private detective tasked with solving mysteries.
Reception
The game was awarded with the Gran Prix, Best PC Game and Best Art categories at the DevGAMM Unreal Engine competition in Minsk, Belarus, and with the Best Indie Game Award at the Strasbourg European Film Festival in France.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- The Backbone Series Bundle
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