Preaching the cyberpunk gospel in a seething swamp of oil.
NORCO
- Release Date:
- Mar 24, 2022
- Metacritic:
- 89
- Developer:
- Geography of Robots
- Publisher:
- Raw Fury
- Platforms:
- Windows Mac
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About the Game

NORCO is a point & click narrative adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and verdant industrial swamps of a distorted South Louisiana. Your brother Blake has gone missing in the aftermath of your mother's death. In the hopes of finding him, you must follow a fugitive security android through the refineries, strip malls, and drainage ditches of suburban New Orleans.
Immerse yourself in a surreal and uncanny South Louisiana

NORCO’s painterly and cinematic pixel art draws the player into its quotidian sci-fi world of disappearing swamplands, labyrinthine oil refineries, and other landscapes inspired by the titular town of Norco, Louisiana and other parts of Greater New Orleans. Sink into the rich field recordings and sound design by fmAura and a driving, post-industrial electronic score from Gewgawly I.
Unravel a mystery in a world haunted by the past and threatened by the future
What starts as a straightforward search for your missing brother quickly spirals into a multigenerational mystery. The lines between salvation, memory, technology, and nature bleed together into a uniquely compelling, contemplative narrative rooted in Southern literature, pulp fiction, and point & click adventure games both classic and contemporary.
Explore alongside sharply drawn characters with deep roots, rich backstories, and complex motives

A chaotic bayou pirate, bar-stool private detective, escaped security android, and your stuffed childhood monkey will all offer assistance in an eroding and uncertain world. Solve puzzles, fight your way past corporate security goons, and infiltrate an influencer cult squatting an abandoned mall on the outskirts of New Orleans.
Disclaimer: Though inspired by real-world themes, NORCO is entirely fictional and not intended to represent any actual individuals, entities, or events.
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User Reviews
Lovely, dirty, sad, funny, beautiful. A good and bad trip, totally worthwhile.
fantastic. indescribable
swampy, visceral cyberpunk good good
some of the best writing ive experienced lately. very striking
Epic in every single way. Loved playing this game. Hats off to the Geography of Robots team and everyone who supported this project. Music, sound, art, narrative, story, game mechanics - everything was just brilliantly executed.
Haunting, esoteric, and beautiful. Norco is a meditative narrative about wading through living. And as with anything that seeks to cover something so vast, its best moments are found in the intimate, not the grandiose. I struggled to know if I loved this game until about halfway through, when the puzzle pieces began to click into place. Norco, at first, seemed (to me at least) to drag its feet behind a murky wall of prose. My fear was that I was looking at yet another example of pseudo-intellectual class-conscious writing that's so typical of text-based indie games. I was wrong. Norco has opinions about industry, human/corporate relations, cultural nihilism, and a whole host of other contemporary topics. However, where Norco succeeds is by being a [i] narrative [/i] that lays secondary to its [i] characters. [/i] For every occasion of esoteric word salad disguised as worldbuilding, there are half a dozen vividly realized wacko characters to get obsessed with. I liken this game to ...
A strange and compelling little game. I don't particularly have a lot to say about it, except that it was worth playing. It paints a picture of a strange and collapsing future New Orleans. Quite artful.
Cool
Can you imagine if this is what we got as the first season of True Detective?
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System Requirements
Minimum
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel i5 or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel Iris/AMD Vega 8 or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10/11
- Processor: Intel i5 or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Discrete GPU / Nvidia 1050 or equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
FAQ
How much does NORCO cost?
NORCO costs $14.99.
What are the system requirements for NORCO?
Minimum: Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5 or AMD equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel Iris/AMD Vega 8 or equivalent DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 4 GB available space Recommended: Recommended: OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: Intel i5 or AMD equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Discrete GPU / Nvidia 1050 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space
What platforms is NORCO available on?
NORCO is available on Windows PC, macOS.
Is NORCO worth buying?
NORCO has 89% positive reviews from 38 players. Metacritic score: 89/100.
When was NORCO released?
NORCO was released on Mar 24, 2022.
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