Adventure · March 24, 2022

NORCO (2022)

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NORCO is a point & click narrative adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and verdant industrial swamps of a distorted South Louisiana. Your brother Blake has gone missing in the aftermath of your mother's death. In the hopes of finding him, you must follow a fugitive security android through the refineries, strip malls, and drainage ditches of suburban New Orleans. Immerse yourself in a surreal and uncanny South Louisiana NORCO’s painterly and cinematic pixel art draws the player into its quotidian sci-fi world of disappearing swamplands, labyrinthine oil refineries, and other landscapes inspired by the titular town of Norco, Louisiana and other parts of Greater New Orleans. Sink into the rich field recordings and sound design by fmAura and a driving, post-industrial electronic score from Gewgawly I. Unravel a mystery in a world haunted by the past and threatened by the future What starts as a straightforward search for your missing brother quickly spirals into a multigenerational mystery. The lines between salvation, memory, technology, and nature bleed together into a uniquely compelling, contemplative narrative rooted in Southern literature, pulp fiction, and point & click adventure games both classic and contemporary. Explore alongside sharply drawn characters with deep roots, rich backstories, and complex motives A chaotic bayou pirate, bar-stool private detective, escaped security android, and your stuffed childhood monkey will all offer assistance in an eroding and uncertain world. Solve puzzles, fight your way past corporate security goons, and infiltrate an influencer cult squatting an abandoned mall on the outskirts of New Orleans. Disclaimer : Though inspired by real-world themes, NORCO is entirely fictional and not intended to represent any actual individuals, entities, or events.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Point & Click · 289
  • Atmospheric · 282
  • Story Rich · 282
  • Pixel Graphics · 281
  • Mystery · 281
  • Dystopian · 278
  • Noir · 250
  • Investigation · 247
  • Dark · 237
  • Gothic · 226
  • Colorful · 224
  • Adventure · 217
  • First-Person · 215
  • Retro · 215
  • Singleplayer · 211

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.6k Steam reviewsTop 80% in Adventure
Positive rating93% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 40%
Metacritic89/100Genre average 77 — top 6% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours5 h averageTop 58% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

93%Very Positive · 2.6k reviews

2.4k positive · 183 negative

Metacritic

89/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

2.5k

Press Quotes

“In March 2022, I'm ready to call it my game of the year” 94/100 – PC Gamer “Confident, biographical and bewildering, NORCO is a narrative experience filled with exquisite, beautiful details.” 100/100 – Gameshub “★★★★★ Gorgeous pixel art drenched in oil-slicked shades of meloncholy” 5/5 – TheGamer

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (7)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 24, 2022
DeveloperGeography of Robots
PublisherRaw Fury
Base price$5.24 -65%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

5h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

Achievements

35

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Content Notes

The game contains instances of violence, suicide, substance use and mature language.

Editions & Packages

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