Gorgeous hand-drawn 1930s cartoon art
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“Amazing art style with every power up, weapon, enemy, and bullet hand-animated in 1930s rubber hose style.”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
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Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Fumi Games2026FPS · Detective · Action
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous 1930s rubber-hose noir shooter with great voice acting and music, but the Doom-style combat is repetitive and overstays its welcome. Skip it if you want deep gunplay or real detective work.
Great for
Fans of cartoon aesthetics, jazz, noir and cheesy humor who want a casual, easy single-player shooter
Main risk
Style carries it, but combat with few enemy types gets repetitive and drags over a long campaign
What players love
Jazz soundtrack and top voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Freaking groovy music (think P5R) that pushes momentum and feel throughout.”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Fun Doom-like gunplay and weapon variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“There is a TON of weapons, i was actually shocked at how many weapons are available. Not only that but every weapon has 3 tiers of upgrades and an alt fire that changes how they operate.”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗
Good value and engaging story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“All the fun and quality of a AAA game but for half the cost.”
Steam review · 20.2 h played ↗
Funny writing, cheese puns and many references
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Characters are unique, funny and consistent with their design. Talking to them always felt great, including all the cheese jokes and other easter eggs and references.”
Steam review · 26.6 h played ↗
Secrets, collectibles and creative levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“There is an endless amount of collectibles, secret rooms, hidden pathways, objects that look innocuous but do something important”
Steam review · 20.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Style over substance, weak gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Take away the (wonderful!) cartoon-noir gloss and this would be a very, very boring game.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Repetitive combat with few enemy types
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Enter room. Enemies spawn. Enemies run towards you. Shoot enemies. Repeat.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Too easy, weak weapons and balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“i am 6 hours in and there has not been a single slightly difficult combat encounter”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Annoying cheese puns and meme humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“I finally finished this 'cheese-crap', as the game would say. The most boring game.”
Steam review · translated · 21.1 h played ↗
Too long and overstays its welcome
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“This game is twice as long as it should be. It just keeps going on and on and on and on.”
Steam review · 16.8 h played ↗
No level replay, missable collectibles, invisible walls
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“The most annoying part however is that there is NO replayability. Once you finish a level, it's done.”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support11 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3 8300 / Ryzen 3 2200
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 960 / Intel Xe 2 Graphics / Radeon RX 580
Storage11 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5 9600 / Ryzen 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce RTX 3060 / Intel Arc B570 / Radeon RX 7600
Storage11 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3 8300 / Ryzen 3 2200
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 960 / Intel Xe 2 Graphics / Radeon RX 580
Storage11 GB available space
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