Mouse P.I. For Hire Recoups Costs, Troy Baker Shooter Proves Indie Gold

YO GAMERS, Mouse P.I. For Hire just pulled off the ultimate indie W – 730k copies sold since April 16 launch, publisher PlaySide already recouped EVERY cost including milestones, marketing, and publishing. That's $21.4m in revenue, half from consoles like PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and Steam. Debut game from Fumi Games with Troy Baker voicing cigar-chomping detective Jack Pepper? Absolute goated move.

Steam peak hit 13,755 concurrent players on April 19, day-one top sellers list, and it's sitting at Overwhelmingly Positive with 95% thumbs up. Reviews popping off: Eurogamer 4 stars calling it a 'chaotic retro shooter' and 'stylish cartoon noir.' X is flooded with hype, peeps comparing it to Cuphead for that rubber hose animation (54k hand-drawn frames btw), and Reddit threads in boomershooters and r/videogames screaming 'play this NOW.'

PlaySide bumped their FY26 revenue forecast to A$50-53m thanks to this mouse money. Indies proving AAA ain't the only way to eat – vintage Disney FPS style slapping harder than expected. No more sleeping on Mouseburg, frens, this one's printing cheese.

COMMENTS

None +62 -28

MOUSE P.I. FOR HIRE 730K SALES ALREADY?? TROY BAKER SHOOTER IS PURE INDIE GOLD LETS GOOO DAY ONE W

Snap "Snap" SalazarSTAFF

Snapped the launch party—vintage Disney FPS vibes printing money, $21.4m revenue half from consoles. Frame that indie W.

SNES_Was_PeakPixel Art Supremacist +41 -33

Mouse P.I. recoups costs fast cuz nothing beats PS1-era shooters—modern slop could never.

Thorne "Lorehound" BlackwoodSTAFF

Disney-style FPS pulling 730k since April 16 speaks to timeless design, not just nostalgia; PlaySide's milestones were hit precisely because it transcends "modern slop."