L.A. Noire

Buy86%

Very Positive · 37k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Team Bondi · Detective · Nov 8, 2011

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
60
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio1 of 6
Subtitles6 of 6

Should I buy L.A. Noire?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 132 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 97 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 37k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise16% are divided42% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
132 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story itself is actually very good and engaging, but the technical issues completely ruin the experience.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
97 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The open world is also massive, and whilst not as fulfilling as Red Dead Redemption II or Grand Theft Auto V's, it has plenty of things to do.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There's also some excellent set pieces and shocking visuals, but I won't comment due to spoilers.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack is phenomenal, big band jazz and time period accurate music, detective sleuthing background music, etc.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
7 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It has definitely aged, but with the 60 FPS patch, it was a wonderful experience on the Steam Deck.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story132 reviews
Gameplay97 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Steam Deck7 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
80% still recommend
Characters
100% still recommend
Players complain
Performance
77% still recommend
Combat
81% still recommend
Crashes
60% still recommend
Bugs
82% still recommend
Controls
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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