Released Sep 25, 2026 $8.99 Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

Sockpuppet Noir

By LizardFactory

DetectiveParody Noir Visual Novel Interactive Fiction Singleplayer Investigation Dark Comedy Dark Humor2DChoose Your Own AdventureFunny

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Sockpuppet Noir is a game tagged Detective, Parody and Noir by LizardFactory, released Sep 25, 2026. It has 24 Steam reviews (Positive). The Steam games most like it include Judge SIM, Man of Nollyn and Accident Investigator Simulator: Black Box.

Step into the shoes of Frank Sockowski, private detective, and explore the gritty world of New Drawer, a wolly unsettling and corrupt city. Three delicious cases await your sleuthing skills, each with unique roster of colorful socks and murderous plots.

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Judge SIM 81% match · Detective, Noir, Visual Novel
Man of Nollyn 78% match · Detective, Noir, Visual Novel
Accident Investigator Simulator: Black Box 69% match · Detective, Noir, Visual Novel
Phantom: Hidden Sins 69% match · Detective, Noir, Visual Novel
Last Night Last Call 69% match · Detective, Noir, Visual Novel
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders 69% match · Detective, Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction
To Hell With The Ugly 69% match · Detective, Noir, Interactive Fiction
Police Detective: Tokyo Beat 68% match · Detective, Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction
Graywood: Noir Detective 68% match · Detective, Noir, Singleplayer
誰是犯案者 Who is the Criminal 66% match · Detective, Visual Novel, Singleplayer

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Sockpuppet Noir · record updated 22 hours ago

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Overview

App ID1552060

Release dateSep 25, 2026

Last change number40234138

Last record update22 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: LizardFactory, Very Tall Garden Gnomes
Publisher: LizardFactory
Steam profile: Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked 3 days ago
Technologies: Unity detected
Website: socknoir.com

Windows 64-bit

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudCaptions availableFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$8.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$8.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked20 hours agoin 41 regions

South Asia (USD)$USD

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Patches

Oct 12, 2026 Smaller QoL patch
Hey gang! Spending the weekend (and some bonus days this week) sifting through the game, fixing dialogue typos and bad wordings, editing new recording shoots and just making quality of life improvements: Patch notes: - Cleaned up a lot of …
Oct 2, 2026 Hotfix friday
Morning gang, I noticed that there was a bug at the TV scene, causing the game to freeze up. So we are doing a little hastily produced patch this morning to fix it, so noone gets stuck. If anyone are ever stuck anywhere, I have made a Forc…
Sep 27, 2026 Day one-and-a-half patch (v.1.0.29)
Hey gang! Phew, the game is out, and we have been loving seeing you all play, and are eagerly fixing issues that fell through the cracks. We are also in the process of rewriting some chunks from "Case 2 : Puppets of Power", since it has be…

Build	Branch	Updated
26110296	public	Oct 21, 2026
26110296	playtesting	Oct 21, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
1552061	—	All	944.9 MB	498.4 MB	37161498291556518

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	26110296	Oct 21, 2026	Open
playtesting Be up front and center on latest patches.	26110296	Oct 21, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/SockNoir

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
SockpuppetNoir.exe		Windows

Space per player13.4 MB

Filesup to 28

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
gameinstall		*.sav	All

News

Oct 5, 2026 · Community Announcements Version 1.1 - Puppets of Power live
Sorry for the delay, but we can now open up case 2 for everyone to play. Also, we - Streamers can now turn on a safe corner for their camera or avatar. - Players can now alter the text alignment of t…
Sep 25, 2026 · Community Announcements The socks are afoot!
Hey gang, I am seconds away from hitting the green button of launchyness, just wanted to say a big thank you for everyone following our silly journey. Now, I bet there are some bugs in the client, an…
Sep 24, 2026 · Community Announcements Launching at 18:00 Copenhagen time
Hey gang! Finally it's time to release these wonderfully smelly socks. I will press the big ol' green button live on Stream friday at 18:00 Copenhagen time. Hope to see you there: https://www.twitch.…

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Sockpuppet Noir

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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