P.I. for Rent arrives in March 2026

We lastly have a launch date for Mouse: P.I. for Rent. The delightfully animated sport, which marks Troy Baker’s first time enjoying a rodent non-public eye, is slated for March 19, 2026.

Primarily based on its trailers, you would be forgiven for viewing Mouse: P.I. for Rent as Cuphead meets Doom. Though it does embrace FPS motion, Engadget’s Jessica Conditt found surprising depth behind its whimsical brutality. The sport “has extra to supply than shock-value cartoon violence,” she wrote. “This can be a clue-gathering, photo-snapping, girlfriend-avenging, noir detective simulator that occurs to star a bunch of slick-talking mice and rats, and I am absolutely into it.”

Baker plays Private Investigator Jack Pepper, the sport’s protagonist. When he is not searching clues or sneaking round through the sport’s quieter moments, he’ll have a pleasant arsenal available. This contains wacky ones like a turpentine gun that melts the inked “pores and skin” of your foes. Enjoyable stuff.

Like Cuphead, Mouse‘s most blatant level of comparability, it makes use of hand-drawn frames to recreate that old-school fashion. It additionally deploys an unique jazz soundtrack recorded by an orchestral ensemble. It is all introduced in a gritty, movie noir aesthetic.

You may take a look at the discharge date trailer beneath. Mouse: P.I. for Rent will launch subsequent March on PC, Change 2, Change, PS5/4, Xbox Sequence X/S and Xbox One.