Field guide · nine games

Noir FPS games, from cartoon noir to graphic noir

By Whale Development Studios, the studio behind Iron Curtain Call. Published 5 November 2026. Every date, price, platform and demo below was checked on the US Steam store on 6 November 2026; the sources are listed at the end.

Iron Curtain Call: Major Disaster, the first boss, a giant tin general, takes the finisher in a town square under bunting and comic sound effects — Iron Curtain Call, chapter 1, Rubbleton: Major Disaster, the boss at the end of the free demo. A real gameplay frame.

The short answer

Few shooters are truly noir. Here are nine.

Going by their own Steam pages, four first person shooters with a noir look or story are out now, and four more are on the way without a date. MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is the big one: a black and white rubber hose detective shooter. Fallen Aces is a hand drawn crime noir in Early Access, SCORCH is a free stealth shooter in a black and white 1940s city, and The Darkness II carries a “graphic noir” art style into a mob story. Iron Curtain Call is ours: its noir is a cartoon one, a mood rather than a case, and its demo is free on Steam.

Still to come, with no release date on Steam on 6 November 2026: NOIRVANA, a high speed noir shooter built on movement, BAD BLOOD: 1926, a Chicago mob story with a free demo, FUTURE NOIR, a detective story in a dystopian future, and The Last Call, a neon noir mix of live action and shooting.

Three of the nine had a free demo on Steam on 6 November 2026: Iron Curtain Call, The Darkness II and BAD BLOOD: 1926. SCORCH is free outright. The Iron Curtain Call demo is Mission 1, and the parry comes with the full game on 11 March 2027.

At a glance

Nine noir shooters, side by side.

Checked on the US Steam store and the games’ Wikipedia articles on 6 November 2026. Prices are list prices in US dollars before any sale; Steam sets its own prices in other countries. SCORCH is free: Steam lists no price for it. Four games had no release date on Steam, and no price, on that day.
Game	How noir	How it plays	Free demo on Steam	US price	Out
Iron Curtain CallOur game	Our own label is cartoon noir: a 1930s rubber hose cartoon in full color, with a radio voice and a war run like a bureaucracy; no detective case	Single player campaign; fast and close range; parry pink attacks in the full game	Yes, free: Mission 1, about 15 to 20 minutes	Not priced yet	11 March 2027Free demo since 28 October 2026
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire	Black and white, hand drawn rubber hose animation; a noir fueled detective story, with a big band jazz score	Single player; a detective case and arena shootouts, with wall running and a grappling hook	No	$29.99	16 April 2026
Fallen Aces	Crime noir with hand drawn comic art and period gangster dialogue	Single player in Early Access; stealth or loud; plays like a shooter from the 90s	No	$14.99	14 June 2024Early Access
SCORCH	Monochrome art in a 1940s city, inspired by the noir films of the 40s and 50s	Single player; stealth first and a shooter second; hide in shadows and collect evidence	No	Free to play	15 May 2021
The Darkness II	A comic book influenced “graphic noir” art style, with a crime family story	Single player campaign and a four player co op mode; supernatural powers	Yes, free	$29.99	9 February 2012
NOIRVANA	Steam: a noir FPS, in black and white arenas where the only color is red	Single player; movement is the weapon: slide, dive, wall run, grapple; score attack	No	Not priced yet	Coming soon, no date yet
BAD BLOOD: 1926	Steam: graphics based on noir graphic novels and 1920s art deco, in a Chicago mob story	Single player; stealth, silent takedowns, gunfights and puzzles, with powers from the mob’s experiments	Yes, free	Not priced yet	Coming soon, no date yet
FUTURE NOIR	Noir by premise: a detective solving a crime in a dystopian future	Single player; first person shooter mixed with walking simulator play and exploration	No	Not priced yet	Coming soon, no date yet
The Last Call	Steam: a neon noir revenge thriller in a rainy, VHS styled 1980s Seattle	Single player; live action film scenes mixed with first person gunplay	No	Not priced yet	Coming soon, no date yet

The games

One by one, who each is for.

Each entry says who the game is for, what it is and how it differs from Iron Curtain Call. The facts under each come from its Steam page on 6 November 2026, and for MOUSE and The Darkness II also from their Wikipedia articles. The last four games have no release date on Steam yet, so treat what they promise as plans.

Iron Curtain Call

Our game

Play it if you want a cartoon noir shooter built for speed, and you want to try it for free first.

It is an alternate 1965, year three of World War III. Humanity ran out of soldiers, so the war is fought by wind up tin robots run by the Supreme Chancellor, a customer service machine that was handed a country. You are Corporal Punishment, a silent soldier delivered to the front like cargo, and Colonel Panic is on the radio: “I’d send backup, but you are the backup.”

We call it cartoon noir because of the tone: a lone, silent soldier, a voice on the radio and a state that runs on forms. We will not oversell it. The look is a 1930s rubber hose cartoon with ink lines, in full color, and there is no detective case to solve. The fighting is close: a punch gives you health, a can opener cracks a robot open for ammo. Robots burst into bolts, springs and scrap; there is no blood.

The free demo is Mission 1, Welcome to Rubbleton: about 15 to 20 minutes, ending with the first boss, Major Disaster. It has no parry; that comes with the full game.

Developer and publisher: Whale Development Studios
Out: 11 March 2027
Free demo out: 28 October 2026
On Steam: Windows and macOS (demo on Windows, macOS and Linux)
US list price: Not priced yet
Demo: Yes, free

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Iron Curtain Call in first person: a white cartoon glove holds a typewriter submachine gun as a grinning steam train marked 6:15 bursts out of a brick tunnel — Chapter 1, Rubbleton: the 6:15 express, in the free demo. A real gameplay frame.

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire

Play it if you want the black and white detective story, with the jazz, the cases and the clues.

Fumi Games’ shooter casts you as Jack Pepper, voiced by Troy Baker: a war hero turned private eye in Mouseburg, a town of mice. Steam calls its black and white rubber hose visuals hand drawn, frame by frame, and promises a noir fueled detective story with corruption, kidnapping and murder on the docket, and an original big band jazz soundtrack.

Wikipedia says it mixes investigative sections, where you find clues and solve puzzles, with arena shootouts. Steam lists wall running, a grappling hook and double jumping, and more than 20 levels in places from dark streets to an opera house.

The nearest game to ours in look and the most complete noir shooter on this page. It had no demo on Steam on 6 November 2026. Our rubber hose guide sets the two side by side.

Developer: Fumi Games
Publisher: PlaySide
Released: 16 April 2026
On Steam: Windows
US list price: $29.99
Demo: None on Steam

Fallen Aces

Play it if you want crime noir that is hand drawn and talks like a gangster film, and you are happy to buy into Early Access.

Trey Powell and Jason Bond’s game is set in Switchblade City, where the guardians called the A.C.E.S. are being taken down one by one, and one man with two fists has to find out why. Steam calls it a crime noir FPS that plays out of the 90s and looks out of the comics, with three episodes, fully voiced hand drawn comic cutscenes and hundreds of lines of period gangster dialogue.

You can use stealth, go loud or mix both, with fists, pipes, bats, nail guns and Tommy guns. It is in Early Access, so the story is not finished on Steam.

Its noir is hand drawn comic art in colour, rather than black and white animation. It had no demo on Steam on 6 November 2026.

Developers: Trey Powell and Jason Bond
Publisher: New Blood Interactive
Entered Early Access: 14 June 2024
On Steam: Windows
US list price: $14.99
Demo: None on Steam

SCORCH

Play it if you want the old black and white noir film mood, with shadows, and a free game costs you nothing to try.

Accidentally Games’ SCORCH is, in Steam’s words, a noir inspired stealth first person shooter that takes its inspiration from the noir films of the 40s and 50s. You play Morgan Hand, a retired hitman with one last job, in a night wrapped 1940s city, using shadows to hide while hired guns stalk the harbor. A flashlight or a muzzle flash can give you away.

Steam says it is first and foremost a stealth game before it is a shooter, with a monochromatic art style, evidence to collect and an original soundtrack. Its makers describe themselves as a small team of undergraduate game development students, and Steam listed the game as free.

The slowest, quietest game here, and the only one with no price. It had no demo on Steam on 6 November 2026, since the game itself is free.

Developer and publisher: Accidentally Games
Released: 15 May 2021
On Steam: Windows
US list price: Free to play
Demo: None on Steam

The Darkness II

Play it if you want a comic book shooter with a crime family story and a grim tone, and a demo to try first.

Digital Extremes’ The Darkness II follows Jackie Estacado, head of a New York crime family, who wields a supernatural force called the Darkness. Steam describes a story of tragedy, modern crime drama and supernatural horror, with a four player co op campaign.

Wikipedia says the team decided on a comic book influenced “graphic noir” art style, because they believed the comic’s high contrast colors had helped its success. It is a noir look in color and a noir mood on a mob story, with horror on top.

A free demo of it was on Steam on 6 November 2026, Windows only. It is the oldest game here and the only one that is mostly supernatural horror.

Developer: Digital Extremes
Publisher: 2K
Released: 9 February 2012
On Steam: Windows and macOS (demo on Windows)
US list price: $29.99
Demo: Yes, free

NOIRVANA

Play it if you want noir at full speed, black and white with red as the only color, and you will wait for it.

Ludus Noctis’ NOIRVANA is, in Steam’s words, a high speed noir FPS where movement is your weapon. You slide, dive, wall run, wall jump and grapple through brutal black and white combat arenas, chain kills to build score and speed, and restore health by staying aggressive. Steam lists pistols, revolvers, shotguns and Tommy guns, special challenges such as Headshots Only and No Damage, and a leaderboard.

It is Windows only on Steam and shows as coming soon, with no release date.

The closest to Iron Curtain Call in speed: both are built to keep you moving. It had no demo on Steam on 6 November 2026.

Developer and publisher: Ludus Noctis
Out: Coming soon, no date yet
On Steam: Windows
US list price: Not priced yet
Demo: None on Steam

BAD BLOOD: 1926

Play it if you want a 1920s mob story with stealth and a noir graphic novel look, and a demo to try now.

Red Marmoset Studios and Aurora Punks’ BAD BLOOD: 1926 puts a federal agent in Chicago against a mob dabbling in bio organic experiments and mechanical implants. Steam lists stealth mechanics, silent takedowns, gunfights and puzzles, and powers such as super speed and strength that the agent picks up from the experiments.

Steam says its graphics are based on noir graphic novels and 1920s art deco, and describes its demo as a demo for a noir first person shooter set in Chicago. Steam shows the release as to be announced.

It has a free demo for Windows and Mac on Steam, as Iron Curtain Call does, and no price yet.

Developer and publisher: Red Marmoset Studios and Aurora Punks
Out: Coming soon, no date yet
On Steam: Windows and macOS (demo on Windows and macOS)
US list price: Not priced yet
Demo: Yes, free

FUTURE NOIR

Play it if you like a detective story in first person, with some shooting, and do not need a noir look.

The Tierno Company’s FUTURE NOIR is a first person adventure and action game that mixes elements of first person shooters and walking simulators. You play Agent Langley, a detective solving a crime that leads to remote places in a dystopian future, on an Earth in ruins that has had a solar winter for decades.

Its Steam page names a detective, a crime and a story, but describes no black and white or rain soaked look, so we call it noir by premise. It shows as coming soon.

The least shooter here: Steam stresses exploration, adventure, suspense and terror next to the shooting. It had no demo on Steam on 6 November 2026.

Developer and publisher: The Tierno Company
Out: Coming soon, no date yet
On Steam: Windows
US list price: Not priced yet
Demo: None on Steam

The Last Call

Play it if you want a 1980s neon noir revenge film you play, with real actors between the shootouts.

Parable Worlds’ The Last Call is, in Steam’s words, a neon noir full motion video and FPS revenge thriller. A hunted ex agent of the US drug agency blasts through cartel safe houses and nightclubs in the rain soaked underworld of 1980s Seattle, in what Steam calls a playable VHS crime thriller that blends live action storytelling with first person shootouts.

It is Windows only on Steam and shows as coming soon.

The only game here with live action scenes. It had no demo on Steam on 6 November 2026.

Developer and publisher: Parable Worlds
Out: Coming soon, no date yet
On Steam: Windows
US list price: Not priced yet
Demo: None on Steam

The look

What makes an FPS noir?

Wikipedia defines film noir as a Hollywood crime drama that emphasizes cynical attitudes and motivations, and ties the classic 1940s and 1950s films to a low key, black and white visual style. It names the private investigator as a common hero and lists mysteries, detective stories, corruption, organized crime and cynicism among its plots and themes. The games on this page take those pieces in different amounts.

In shooters they turn up as a few things you can check on a Steam page. Black and white or monochrome art: MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, SCORCH and NOIRVANA. A detective or a hitman at the centre: MOUSE, SCORCH and The Darkness II. Crime and corruption in a city: Fallen Aces and the others. Jazz and a voice: Steam lists a big band jazz score for MOUSE, fully voiced cutscenes for Fallen Aces and an original soundtrack for SCORCH. Rain and neon: The Last Call uses both.

Not every game ticks every box, and we do not pretend they do. Iron Curtain Call ticks the fewest, and has its own noir all the same: a cartoon one.

Left out on purpose

Noir games that are not noir shooters

Some noir games did not make the list because they are not first person shooters, or have no Steam page to check. Shadows of Doubt is, in Steam’s words, a detective simulator, and Renoir a story driven puzzle platformer inspired by 1940s film noir. COP BASTARD is a first person shooter about a detective, but Steam describes it as inspired by gritty 90s action movies, not noir. Frenzy Blood is a noir shooter, but VR only. NORM and The Iron Chronicle are on itch.io and have no Steam page, so we did not list them.

If you came for “noir games” in general, those are worth a look too. This guide keeps to shooters.

The cartoon corner

If it is cartoon noir you came for

Two games here are drawn like cartoons: MOUSE: P.I. For Hire in black and white, and Iron Curtain Call in full color. Our rubber hose guide goes deeper on that style, and the cartoon FPS guide covers cel shaded and comic book shooters too, including Fallen Aces and The Darkness II.

Or skip the reading: play 60 seconds of Iron Curtain Call in your browser, no download.

Questions

Questions players ask

What is a noir FPS?

A first person shooter that borrows from film noir: crime, corruption and a cynical hero, often a detective or a hitman, usually with a dark, high contrast or black and white look and a jazz or moody score. The games on this page claim some of those on their Steam pages; few claim all of them.

What are the best noir FPS games on PC?

Out now, by their Steam pages: MOUSE: P.I. For Hire for a black and white detective story, Fallen Aces for hand drawn crime noir, SCORCH for stealth in a monochrome 1940s city, and The Darkness II for a graphic noir mob story. Iron Curtain Call is our own cartoon noir. NOIRVANA, BAD BLOOD: 1926, FUTURE NOIR and The Last Call have Steam pages but no release date yet.

Is there a noir cartoon FPS?

Yes. MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is a hand drawn black and white rubber hose detective shooter, and Iron Curtain Call is a rubber hose cartoon in full color that we call cartoon noir. Our rubber hose guide compares them.

Is there a black and white FPS?

Steam describes MOUSE: P.I. For Hire as black and white, SCORCH as monochromatic and NOIRVANA as black and white arenas with red as the only color. MOUSE and SCORCH are out now; NOIRVANA has no date.

Which noir FPS games have a free demo?

On 6 November 2026: Iron Curtain Call, with a free demo on Steam that is Mission 1, about 15 to 20 minutes, without the parry (it comes with the full game), The Darkness II, and BAD BLOOD: 1926, which has no release date yet. SCORCH is a free game. Our list of free FPS demos has more.

Are there noir games that are not shooters?

Yes, many. Steam lists Shadows of Doubt as a detective simulator, for example. This guide keeps to first person shooters, and the games here are single player on Steam, and The Darkness II adds a four player co op mode.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from these pages, read on 6 November 2026. Prices and dates change; the store page always has the final word.

Iron Curtain Call, Steam store page
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire, Steam store page
Fallen Aces, Steam store page
SCORCH, Steam store page
The Darkness II, Steam store page
NOIRVANA, Steam store page
BAD BLOOD: 1926, Steam store page
FUTURE NOIR, Steam store page
The Last Call, Steam store page
Film noir, Wikipedia
Mouse: P.I. for Hire, Wikipedia
The Darkness II, Wikipedia

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