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MOUSE: P.I. For Hire

Fumi Games · PlaySide · 2026-04-16

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 16, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), Apr 16, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 16, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Apr 16, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Join private investigator Jack Pepper on a guns blazing, jazz-fueled adventure in MOUSE: P.I. For Hire. MOUSE combines the charm of hand-drawn rubber hose animation inspired by the classic cartoons of the 1930’s with the adrenaline and action of an explosive first person shooter.

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is an Action and Indie game released in 2026, priced at $23.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 14946 reviews).

94%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
22
Nexus mods (29k downloads)
4.78★
PlayStation Store rating (8,005 ratings)
12h
to beat · completionist 27h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$23.99
steam price (US)
Mouse: P.I. for Hire is a first-person shooter game developed by Fumi Games and published by PlaySide Studios. The game was released April 16, 2026 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S platforms. Set in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic mice in the 1930s, players control Jack Pepper who must investigate a mysterious case across the fictional town of Mouseburg. The game received generally favorable reviews.

Trailer

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MOUSE: P.I. For Hire | Official Launch Trailer

≈230,097 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,064 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~258/week).
  • · Review velocity down 83% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 310k–698k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,511 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2026-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 2 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.7k4.7k20262026Week of 2026-04-16: 4,710 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 231 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 2,604 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 102 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 801 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 596 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 479 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 371 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 359 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 327 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 277 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$23.992026-03-242026-08-142026-03-24 — best price $29.992026-04-20 — best price $29.992026-06-23 — best price $23.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-31 — best price $23.992026-08-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k2702026-05-30 — 797 pageviews2026-06-03 — 735 pageviews2026-06-07 — 696 pageviews2026-06-11 — 474 pageviews2026-06-15 — 473 pageviews2026-06-19 — 389 pageviews2026-06-23 — 474 pageviews2026-06-27 — 628 pageviews2026-07-01 — 411 pageviews2026-07-05 — 503 pageviews2026-07-09 — 708 pageviews2026-07-13 — 767 pageviews2026-07-17 — 575 pageviews2026-07-21 — 440 pageviews2026-07-25 — 401 pageviews2026-07-29 — 388 pageviews2026-08-02 — 442 pageviews2026-08-06 — 357 pageviews2026-08-10 — 399 pageviews2026-08-14 — 375 pageviews2026-08-18 — 336 pageviews2026-08-22 — 334 pageviews2026-08-26 — 467 pageviews2026-08-30 — 375 pageviews2026-09-03 — 309 pageviews2026-09-07 — 374 pageviews2026-09-11 — 325 pageviews2026-09-15 — 300 pageviews2026-09-19 — 339 pageviews2026-09-23 — 357 pageviews2026-09-27 — 366 pageviews2026-10-01 — 316 pageviews2026-10-05 — 340 pageviews2026-10-08 — 363 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
59.7%
earned "Goud’em!"
20.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera Comfort#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support3 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2026-04-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,5617%34
PS5 (PlayStation)4,80923%35
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)1,0698%34
Switch 2 (Nintendo)3920%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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