Mouse: P.I. For Hire
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Mouse: P.I. For Hire is an adventure developed by Fumi Games, released 16 April 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $22.49 at Fanatical. The main story takes about 12 hrs to finish.
What Mouse: P.I. For Hire is
Mouse: P.I. For Hire is an adventure game developed by Fumi Games and released in 2026. It was published by PlaySide. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity. It carries an ESRB T (Teen, 13+) age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Meet Private Investigator Jack Pepper, once a war hero, now a detective in a world where danger lurks in the smallest mouse hole. His journey starts with a seemingly cliché damsel in distress, but as P.I. Pepper begins to scratch the surface of Mouseburg’s seedy underbelly, his journey for justice quickly spirals into a complex web of intrigue, involving murder, corruption, and the unlikeliest of enemies.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 34 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Mouse: P.I. For Hire holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 12 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 27 hrs, roughly 2.3 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $22.49, that works out to about $1.87 per hour of the main story, or $0.83 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 8300 / Ryzen 3 2200, 12 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 960 / Intel Xe 2 Graphics / Radeon RX 580. A 12GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 11GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $22.49 at Fanatical, 25% below its usual price. Across the 3 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $29.99 — a spread of $7.50 for an identical product. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Russia is the cheapest region we track at ₽1,100.00 (about $13.29), while Germany pays €29.99 — 2.5 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 15 on Steam, which is about $14.99.
What it launched against
Mouse: P.I. For Hire launched on 16 April 2026, within three weeks of Pragmata, Replaced, Saros and Mixtape. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Pragmata, Replaced, Saros, Mixtape.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Mouse: P.I. For Hire yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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