Paranoir
Paranoir is a comical visual novel that makes you play as an annoyed grandchild, trying their best to help their grandpa remember the day of his first detective case. Age is taking a toll on him, and so the…
Paranoir is an indie, released 9 July 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Paranoir is
Paranoir was released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Paranoir is a comical visual novel that makes you play as an annoyed grandchild, trying their best to help their grandpa remember the day of his first detective case. Age is taking a toll on him, and so the flashback might contain some inaccuracies. It's up to you to figure out what is real and what isn't, as you help him remember forgotten words. Paranoir was developed in the span of 4 months by a small team of part-time developers.
How it plays
Its themes are comedy and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Paranoir launched on 9 July 2025, within three weeks of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Mecha Break.
Released around the same time: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Mecha Break.
Official trailer
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