Blues and Bullets
Noir detective adventure following a former lawman into missing-child cases
A Crowd of Monsters · Released Jul 22, 2015
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 61% of 1,165
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 10 years ago
- Mar 21, 2016
Metacritic: 73/100 (critic reviews)
What is Blues and Bullets?
This single-player, episodic adventure follows Eliot Ness, former leader of the Untouchables, as he investigates missing children in the corrupt city of Santa Esperanza. You search for clues, make choices, and take part in shootouts.
For you if...
- +you prefer slow, dialogue-heavy storytelling over frequent action
- +you enjoy dark mysteries with a cinematic presentation
Not for you if...
- −you dislike quick-time events in story-focused games
What players say
61% of 1,165 reviews are positive
Players praise the mystery, voice acting, and black-white-red art style. Their main complaint is that the episodic story stops without a conclusion.
Screenshots and trailer
Blues and Bullets system requirements
Minimum: 4 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Blues and Bullets?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
Does Blues and Bullets have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Blues and Bullets run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 14
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Polish.
Does Blues and Bullets use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Adventure
- Detective
- Noir
- Episodic
- Choices Matter
- Story Rich
- Dark
- Singleplayer
- Atmospheric
- Quick-Time Events
- Indie
- Cinematic
- Mystery
- Gore
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Great Soundtrack
Recent updates
- Mar 16, 2016 · Update #6
- Mar 16, 2016 · Update #6
- Mar 16, 2016 · Update #6
- Mar 10, 2016 · Update #5: Ukrainian, Polish and improvements
- Mar 10, 2016 · Update #5: Ukrainian, Polish and improvements
3 DLC available.