- 74/100
- Players32 ratings
- 78/100
- Critics2 reviews
Where to get it
2021 · EggNut · Point-and-click adventure · Puzzle
Tails Noir
Unfold the mysteries of a dystopic animal society inhabiting retrofuturistic Vancouver in a noir stealth adventure coming in 2019.
- Released
- 8 June 2021
- Platforms
- Xbox Series X/SPlayStation 4LinuxWindowsPlayStation 5macOSXbox OneNintendo Switch
- Genres
- Point-and-click adventurePuzzleRole-playingAdventureIndieVisual novel
- Developers
- EggNut
- Publishers
- Raw Fury
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- ThrillerMystery
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 4
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.
Keywords
- dystopian
- noir
- investigations
- private detective
- crowdfunding - kickstarter
- branching paths
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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Collections3 collections
Years
- Games released in 2021List › April–June
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