
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.
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Charts
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No United States chart position — it charts only in the markets below.
Discounts
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 12.29/day in the week to Sep 18 → 15.4/day in the week after.
About
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is an action-packed first-person shooter that draws inspiration from the classic cartoons of the 1930s. Its black and white rubber hose visuals are drawn by hand, frame by frame, delivering a striking vintage aesthetic. Unravel layers of corruption with a thrilling noir-fueled detective story, lively environments to explore, an original big band jazz soundtrack, and a fully-loaded arsenal of cartoon weapons and devastating power-ups.
Meet Private Investigator Jack Pepper, a former war hero-turned-detective in a world where danger lurks even in the smallest mouse hole. Uncover the truth when a simple missing persons case quickly escalates into a complex web of intrigue, with corruption, kidnapping and murder all on the docket. Investigate the seedy underbelly of Mouseburg, battle heavily armed gangs and crooked cops, and discover clues to reveal the conspiracy buried underneath the surface.
From crackling machine guns to explosive firepower, each weapon in Pepper’s arsenal is designed to deploy non-stop cartoon chaos. Arm yourself with an array of classic, creatively twisted and experimental firearms, and consume powerful upgrades when you need that extra spinach-loaded punch! Lethal encounters and manic boss battles await in this boomer shooter-inspired, retro-vibed adventure - and the denizens of Mouseburg never go down without a fight.
Explore a diverse city playground, from dark streets to classic film studios, opulent opera buildings, poisonous swamps and underground sewers. With a myriad of cases to solve and collectibles to find, Mouseburg is truly a detective’s delight! Use every tool at your disposal to wall-run, grapple-hook and double-jump through this unrelenting cartoon world.
Black and white, hand-drawn rubber hose animation, inspired by cartoons of the 1930s
Fast-paced FPS combat, where constant movement is key
A thrilling single-player campaign that unravels a complex web of crime and corruption
Over 20 noir-infused levels, teeming with mice, rats and shrews
Fully-loaded arsenal of over ten unique weapons and equipment - with a cartoon twist
Devastating consumable power-ups, capable of turning the tide of any battle
Unlockable movement abilities and Metroidvania-inspired level traversal
Original jazz soundtrack, featuring a big band orchestral ensemble
Add-ons
Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
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SteamYou are here | $23.99−20% | 15.8Kreviews | 94% | — | $10.8M |
| $29.99 | 7.7Kratings | 96% | — | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
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Reviews
this game has a beautiful and unique art style with simple gameplay and a nice story
It's a recommendation, but just barely. The game is a pretty straightforward shooter. The game is rather simple: Shoot all enemies in the area until they stop spawning, then move to the next area. The gameplay is fun, but simple, and you might get sick of it before the game ends. However, if you're reading this, the thing drawing you to this game is probably the art design (it's what interested me about this). The overall world design is lovingly crafted, but it has one big issue: It's very inconsistent. The game goes for a 1930's style atmosphere, yet, characters will frequently make random modern pop culture references (like quoting Scooby Doo or Star Wars), which feels like an unfunny nudge towards "nerd culture" that is totally immersion breaking. Also, they don't really keep their world consistent - they keep talking about cheese as a stand-in for alcohol (get it? They're mice!), yet cheese is also used as, well, cheese - and as a metaphor for just about everything, to really drive home the point they're mice (There are still cheese-strings attached, get it? Good, because I didn't). Overall, they keep sacrificing immersion to make unfunny jokes, which is really annoying. TL, DR: The game is not nearly as funny as it thinks it is, but if you're looking for a few hours of mindless old-school shooting fun, you'll find it here.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 29.86/day in the week to Jul 31 → 28.29/day in the week after.
Too few observations to say whether a discount moves this store's chart at all: across the last 30 days Steam · Top Sellers · Poland has just 18 day-to-day chart moves that followed a price cut, against 2,498 that did not. We are publishing the count instead of a direction — 20 is the fewest we will draw a conclusion from, and price collection outside the United States began on 6 August 2026.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese +2 more
| $29.99 |
| 1.8Kratings |
| 94% |
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| $29.99 | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 1.6K reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Super fun game; great vibes and good gameplay!
very fun
引导差,动作系统很粗,没有预期中的爽感,反馈都太弱了
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I enjoyed the rubber-hose animation style for the art, very cool game !!
I got this on sale and I feel like I underpaid for the amount of "game" I got in the end. Never before have I played a game that "justifies" its artstyle as much as this, so many games have a catchy gimmick like an artstyle or interesting premise but fails to fill in the rest of the "game" this game more than justifies its existence and is a rare staple of good game design all around. I easily give this game a 9/10 with GREAT soundtrack with voice actors who absolutely were having fun in the booth, amazing artstyle and animation, great movement and gunplay (they effectively utilize the cartoony setting to its advantage), and good variety of environments to explore and findable secrets when revisiting. I only have nitpicks that take away from a perfect 10/10 score and they're all small and few in between that I believe a lot of people wouldn't even consider nitpicks to begin with but for me just added enough friction to reconsider giving this a completely flawless 10/10.
Дал этой игре шанс, но не впечатлила от слова совсем. Очень размеренный темп повествования. Скучный геймплей и неинтересные противники. Да тут есть классный визуал.... На этом и всё собственно говоря.
l liked how the game looks
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