Nine Noir Lives

Stretch your legs, clean your whiskers, and dive into Nine Noir Lives. Explore a "point-and-lick" comedy-noir adventure, full of humour, crazy characters, and intriguing locations to answer the immortal question: how many things need to be licked to solve a murder in this town?

About the game

"Wait - did you say the Knitty Kitty Club? Where all the criminals hang out?"
"Not all of them, Tabby. I’m sure some hang out in...uh, dark alleyways, and large empty warehouses down at the docks, and such."

Welcome to Meow Meow Furrington, capital city of cats, home of the world's biggest ball of yarn...and hotbed of crime. You are Cuddles Nutterbutter, feline private investigator and owner of two perfectly normal-sized paws, the doctor said so.

After agreeing to take on a last-minute case for the Chief of Police, you and your plucky assistant find yourselves investigating a murder that risks upsetting the careful balance between the city's two most powerful crime families: the Montameeuws and the Catulets.

Cuddles will need to use every skill he's learned - as well as his definitely-not-smaller-than-average paws - to poke, lick and talk his way through to the heart of the mystery...before some very dangerous cats decide to take matters into their own paws. Which, to clarify, are absolutely regular-sized.

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Key Features

  • Play through a charming comedy-noir storyline inspired by every cat ever, with fewer cat puns than you might expurrct.

  • Explore the unique and intriguing city of Meow Meow Furrington across over eighty attractive, hand-drawn screens.

  • Discover a whole new dimension to everything in the game using your wits tongue. Lick first, and ask questions later.

  • Interact with over twenty-five hilarious characters.

  • Experience the city from two very different perspectives as you switch between Cuddles and his capable assistant, Tabby Marshmallow.

  • Laugh and learn about the world of Furth with over a hundred thousand words of fully-voiced dialogue.

  • Solve puzzles both fun and fiendish - but never unfair.

Simple, Lighthearted Fun

Silvernode Studios is a two-man team, and Nine Noir Lives is our love-letter to point-and-click adventure games. We've been playing them for decades, and we love them - so we're making one. Combining our favourite elements of everything that came before, we hope to mix it up into something deeply entertaining.

While we've drawn on film noir for the story's inspiration, we're leaning much more towards the comedy side of "comedy-noir". Expect some serious topics, addressed seriously - but we don't want to burden the whole game down under the weight of unrelenting grittiness. We feel that there's enough of that in the world already.

Fun comes first, and we aim to be funny before all else, with comedy inspired by the likes of Taika Waititi. We strive for humour that anyone can appreciate, and writing that won't force you to mute your speakers when playing in public. So snuggle up with your favourite floofball and discover Nine Noir Lives!

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Nine Noir Lives Ratings & Reviews

Gaming Nexus

by Elliot Hilderbrand

8 / 10

Nine Noir Lives reminds me of childhood Point & Click titles with a grown-up edge. The cat detective and his misadventures with his voice recorder held my attention the whole time. If I were more into the genre, my detective skills might be better. Some puzzles that slowed me down probably won't stump others, but I found them challenging. A story that required my attention throughout made Nine Noir Lives worth my time.

The Outerhaven Productions

by Scott Adams

Nine Noir Lives has some of the best voice acting and animation you can see in an indie point and click game. Sadly it does get bogged down by the pacing and relevancy of its puzzles to the main game.

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Nine Noir Lives System Requirements

Minimum

Recommended

OS version

Windows Vista SP1

OS version

Win 7, 8, 10

CPU

2GHz dual-core

CPU

2.6GHz dual-core

Memory

2GB

Memory

3GB

GPU

ATI Radeon HD 3400 Series, Geforce 9400 Series with at least 512 MB VRAM

GPU

ATI Radeon HD 4500 Series, Geforce 9400 GT or higher

DirectX

DirectX 9

Storage

6GB

Storage

6GB

SoundCard

DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers

SoundCard

DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card with latest drivers

Languages Supported

  • Audio: English

  • Text: English, German

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