Tails Noir

For other uses, see Backbone.

Tails Noir (previously known as Backbone) is a noir role-playing indie video game developed by 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.^[1][2] A prequel, titled Tails Noir Preludes, was released in February 2023 on Windows.^[3]

Tails Noir
Developer(s)	EggNut
Publisher(s)	Raw Fury
Director(s)	Aleksandra Korabelnikova
Producer(s)	Ishani Birch
Designer(s)	Alexander Kolchin
Programmer(s)	Nikita Danshin Artem Pisarev Diana Stolyrova
Artist(s)	Toma Klepinina Kristina Dashevskaya Kirill Simonenko Julia Migacheva Sonya Ptitsyna Antonina Shipulina
Writer(s)	Danny Wadeson Alexandra Korabelnikova Martin Hanses
Composer(s)	Nikita Danshin Arooj Aftab
Engine	Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X/S Nintendo Switch
Release	8 June 2021 Microsoft Windows 8 June 2021 PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S 28 October 2021 Nintendo Switch 9 February 2022
Genre(s)	Role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Plot

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.^[4][5]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	PC: 72/100[6] PS5: 63/100[7]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Adventure Gamers	[8]
Destructoid	7/10[9]
RPGFan	78/100[10]
Shacknews	6/10[11]
The Guardian	[12]

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,^[13][14] and with the Best Indie Game Award at the Strasbourg European Film Festival in France.^[13]