The Spirit and the Mouse

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did you know? our previous first game before Squeakross was The Spirit and the Mouse)

Squeakross: Home Squeak Home logo next to a cartoon mouse with glasses and a clipboard

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[GAME INFO]

🐁Title: The Spirit and the Mouse
⚡Genre: Cozy narrative 3D platformer
🎮Length: 4-6H
🕹Platforms: PC/Mac/Switch/PS5/PS4

Play as mouse in this heartwarming tale, explore a beautiful french village at your pace! Made for rodent-lovers by rodent-lovers

thespiritandthemouse.com/game-links

The cover art for Alblune's the Spirit & the Mouse OST. It show the titular mouse, Lila, looking up into the night sky from the rooftop as a sleepy French village spans before her. The stylised title of the game is centred at the top and I've added my own images—a blue Steam completion badge at the top-left and 4.5 gold stars on the bottom-left, underneath which is a quote within the game stating "how can you be so small, yet so courageous..."

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 The Spirit and the Mouse had been on my wishlist for quite a while but for some reason that I cannot explain, it took me until December 2025 to finally take the plunge and purchase it...and what a decision it was. On its face, TS&TM plays to me like the old platformers of the PS1 era. The premise is simple, you play as Lila and use the powers that she receives to help bring joy to the humans of Sainte-et-Claire. There is no combat here; it's all about running, climbing, searching and squeaking to find collectibles and bring back some joy to the quiet little French town. It's a cozy game in every sense of the word-from the relaxing, stereotypically French music to the wholesome (and humorous) interactions with the humans and kibblins of Sainte-et-Claire-and just based on this, I would recommend Alblune's charming little gem. The ENDING, though...I do not know if it was simply a case of "playing the right game at the right time" but I did NOT expect to be so profoundly affected by it; I openly and unabashedly sobbed. It was such an overwhelmingly beautiful conclusion to a game that I thought was just going to be a few hours of cute fun, and when the credits finished rolling and Lila once again appeared on my menu screen, I found that I've grown to love and admire that little mouse with her big, beautiful heart. "How can [she] be so small, yet so courageous..." Thank you, Alblune. For giving us the chance to experience Lila's story and for showing us that if a little mouse can strive to bring kindness and love into her little town, we can do the same on an even larger scale. Posted January 9.

My #review for @alblune.bsky.social's the Spirit & the Mouse (2022). 🐁💫

I never expected to be so deeply affected by this game going in...I feel that current events may have contributed to that.

Thank you, Lila, for reaching me with your message of kindness & love when I was wallowing in despair.

🥹

Announcing the steam "Cozy Puzzles Bundle"!

A Little to the Left 🐈
Dorfromantik 🌲
Is This Seat Taken? 🪑
RailBound 🚂
Squeakross: Home Squeak Home 🐭
Sticky Business 🐸
Tiny Garden 🥕

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Price reduced if you already any of them!

Coming in the next update of course

thank you! Selflessness is one of the message being the game 🐭💛

Still can't believe I got to work with her on Deep Breaths, a tiny game jam visual novel made with a small team of eldritch fantasy nerds last year.

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We're honored to be nominated in 2 categories for the GAConf awards!

You can vote for us in the Indie Excellence and Best Cognitive Accessibility on the GAconf website or the link below!

Screenshot from The Spirit and the Mouse, a Kibblin is holding a Peanut butter and lettuce pizza

et bon appétit

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squeakross home squeak home, showing overwhelmingly positive review on steam. An extreme deformed closed up of a rodent below

plz buy

Squeakross Home squeak home, a rodent walking in a The Spirit and the Mouse themed house

Sneak peek

CUTEST GAME IN THE WHOLE WORLD. i sobbed at the ending (crying emoji) that shiii fff mmee Uppp !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wtf!!!!!! so awesome so sweet. i wish i could play again for first time :3

Amazing! Every puzzle is fun! Never had the feeling of boring repeating puzzle-mechanics. They are, in my opinion, not too easy but also not too hard so you would get stuck on every task. Truly a nice balance for a puzzle game! Finding all the light bulbs is also super interesting D the game gives you options if you can't find them, but it doesn't force them upon you! So you can play and collect at your own pace! Love it! The story is soo adorable! Also: I totally didn't cry at the end. 10/10 game!

This is a wonderfully charming game that executes exactly what it needs to. You run around helping the people of a small french town at the behest of a lightning spirit whose thunder you kinda stole. You do these little quests which are varied enough to stay interesting whilst enjoying the characters and the warm fuzzy feeling of playing a game where you just help people actually. Had a great time, would recommend for anyone that needs a wholesome game right now.

Some very nice recent reviews of the Spirit and the Mouse 🐭

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tysm!

A Quick Review of The Spirit and the Mouse YouTube video by LotusLovesLotus

Joke aside, here is one of our favorite review of the game www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2P...

the spirit and the mouse review from a steam player. "The game made me feel stupid"

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Finally picked up The Spirit and the Mouse, and this game is so good?!
I've been really enjoying running around this chill little french town collecting bulbs. The level design, the art direction, and the music are all top notch, just a lovely little game.

The Spirit and the Mouse is game about mouse

The Spirit and the Mouse (Original Soundtrack), by Gisula 32 track album

can't see these without hearing @gisula.com 's amazing soundtrack

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The Spirit and the Mouse screenshot - North town

The Spirit and the Mouse screenshot - North town

The Spirit and the Mouse screenshot - North town

The Spirit and the Mouse screenshot - North town

North Town

First game I ever reviewed! 🥹

This was back on my old WordPress blog (closed now), before I joined @gamersocialclub.ca and wrote a further 400+ articles! 🤯

Only a year and a half ago, yet it feels ten times that...

Lila from the spirit and the mouse

Thats me

Squeakross "HSH 1" icon

Squeakross "HSH 2" icon

Squeakross "TSATM" icon hinting at a new catalog with new puzzles

1..2...😲??

💛🐭 tysm!!

Had some time for myself today and played this little gem.

Great, calm game with a cute main charakter.

10/10

And yes the 137 bulbs are doable but not always easy either.

Thank you for noticing the tippy taps variations 🐭