The Spirit and the Mouse
After a shocking thunderstorm brings them together, unlikely allies Lila the mouse and Lumion the Spirit guardian must work in tandem to restore balance to their quaint village. Thankfully, Lila has her big heart and electrifying new powers to aid her on this journey. Guide her through a heartwarming adventure across Sainte-et-Claire to befriend playful electric spirits called Kibblins and illuminate this village once more.
The Spirit and the Mouse is a narrative-focused adventure game that has you searching every nook and cranny of this world to complete objectives and collect items to aid you in your humble quest to assist those in need.
Listen to the villagers’ woes, then find the Kibblins who are running amok in order to fix the village’s newfound electricity problems. By doing good and working together with these lively spirits, Lila can then put Lumion back in the sky where he belongs!
Features
- Explore the charming French village of Sainte-et-Claire and discover its secrets at your own pace from the perspective of a tiny mouse!
- Use electricity-based powers to traverse the world around you, solve character-driven puzzles, and bring the villagers’ stories to life.
- Help the troubled local villagers by going on quests and placating the mischievous Kibblins through charming mini-games.
- Collect energy and happiness to unlock new abilities throughout the course of your adventure.
Steam User 46
What a masterpiece of a game! I loved the music soooo much and also the village's nighttime charm. For all the people who always only talk about the graphics, it should be said that's what makes this game so charming. I would have liked to help more, just to be able to continue playing. Maybe one day I'll return to this village, for the music, for the charm, for the story and for the mouse of course.
Steam User 22
The Spirit and the Mouse takes you on the journey of a little mouse who wants to make a difference.
During a fateful night, the lights of a village full of people have turned off, leaving them in the dark.
The darkness affects people's hearts and leaves their spirits empty and sad.
Now your time to shine comes!
While this event happened you were at the right time at the right place.
It's your mission to help those who have lost sight of their tasks and bring light back to them.
The people will be happy and the Kibblins will appreciate your help.
The Spirit and the Mouse is a narrative-puzzle adventure game that leads you through the village while you listen to the peoples problems.
It makes you climb to collect lightbulbs and turn on electricity while you maneuver yourself through sometimes difficult terrain.
All in all a very sweet game and a hard recommendation!
Steam User 15
OMG, where do I begin?!
**This is truly My Game of the Year!!!**
Actually, my game of all my games in decades of gaming. I've changed my profile, though it's private to all but a few friends, to name this as my favorite game. In all my years, I have never played a game that is so charming with so very much to accomplish and such a sweet, tender, endearing and emotional ending!
Playing as a tiny little mouse, there are four large parts of a city to explore with the loveliest, high quality graphics, well planned map with back alleys and areas that are on higher levels and lowers levels. You climb up to balconies and rooftops to accomplish your quests. (Don't worry about the platforming tag - you just guide your mouse and it does the rest - trust me, I'm rubbish at platforming and I had no problem with this.)
You meet over a dozen NPC's, search and collect well over a 100 glowing blue light bulbs, interact with many hundreds of items everywhere to gain the energy you need to buy map parts, new powers and capabilities from one of the NPC's in the game. The ending is the best I have seen in any game. And it appears that some day in the future, this game will continue. :)
You will need to revisit all areas to get all 40 achievements. Wear really good tennis shoes!
I will vote for every category possible at the end of this year.
This is the best game I have ever played.
*Highly recommended!*
Steam User 8
This was such an enjoyable experience from start to finish. A very fun achievement hunt as well. It's an easy game, but at no point did it ever become boring. The puzzles are very easy, but each one is different from each other and is over in an instant. It's a kid friendly game, but just as enjoyable for adults. The story it is trying to tell is really heartfelt, about helping people, no matter how big or small.
In this game you explore a small little French inspired village, and it certainly got that kind of vibe. The music is so fitting, but also really enjoyable and relaxing.
I really like the graphics and artstyle and the little mouse is cute and feels good to control. I love the little creatures called kibblins, they have such a personality, they are adorable and I love the little sounds they make.
If you like Little Kitty, Big City, or maybe even Stray, then this will probably be right up your alley.
Steam User 9
A short yet fun puzzle-platformer. I was not expecting to cry at a game like this but glad I actually played it specially with how well the character controls and is just the cutest little mouse~
Steam User 7
The Spirit and the Mouse
A thunderstorm approaches the small town of Sainte-et-Claire, knocking out most of its power and leaving electrical appliances malfunctioning! In an attempt to cheer people up, a small but determined mouse chooses to make a big difference. Gaining electrical powers after a fortunate accident and meeting Lumion, a guardian spirit, team up to restore light – and power – back to the residents.
4-6 hours to complete, The Spirit and the Mouse is a casual game with easy puzzles, a semi-open world, and collectibles. As an electric mouse, zip through power lines, collect static from metal objects, and discover light bulbs to obtain additional abilities such as a useful electric dash, a lightbulb locator, a photo mode, and maps of the four districts. Special note; The Spirit and The Mouse offers a colorblind mode and has a dedicated squeak button as well as fun hat apparel to wear. Overall, a warm, feel-good adventure that’s easy to recommend.
Steam User 9
Excellent game. I was pretty skeptical in the beginning, thinking it was just gonna be a story based walking simulator, but it ended up being a lot more. It ended up being a ps2 feeling, 3d exploration, platforming game without any jump button, collect-a-thon.
I want to point out the story a little bit, without spoilers. The story, while not super deep, was told in a such a fun way with small little side stories that it created a really nice cozy feeling throughout. The graphics also has a really nice cozy italian cobblestone setting too which also adds to the nice feeling.