AdventureIndie
The Spirit and the Mouse
Hooks you almost right away
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Started playing 83% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 1,092
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (16%); after 5h it's 1 in 90 (1%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 81% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 83% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,101 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 6.2h for positive, 1.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (83.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (40)
- Grilled Mouse Acquire electric powers. 100%
- Lightbulb Seeker Collect 1 Lightbulb. 95%
- Energy Seeker Collect 50 Energy. 93%
- Lightbulbs Collector Collect 10 Lightbulbs. 88%
- The Old Man and the Café Help Michel watch his TV show. 82%
- Energy Collector Collect 250 Energy. 79%
- East Street Energy Collect 350 Energy in East Street. 67%
- The Girl and the Homework Help Sophie finish her homework. 65%
- That's one way to travel Unlock fast travel. 64%
- Lightbulbs Expert Collect 50 Lightbulbs. 58%
- Energy Expert Collect 800 Energy. 57%
- The Ghost and the Lamps Make the ghost of the lamp shop go away. 52%
- The Woman and the Pizzeria Fix the Pizzeria problems. 52%
- The Quiche and the Hair Dryer Help Paul eat his quiche. 51%
- Photogenic Unlock the Photo mode. 51%
- The Painter and the Lights Allow Eugene to express his creativity in peace. 50%
- North Town Energy Collect 500 Energy in North Town. 49%
- South Town Energy Collect 200 Energy in South Square. 49%
- At your service Make all Kibblins go back to their boxes. 48%
- Cartographer Buy all maps from Kishine. 47%
- OK, I heard you!! Squeak 100 times. 45%
- Riddle Master Solve all Kilearn Riddles. 45%
- The GA-DX Complete the Great Antenna-DX construction. 44%
- The Woman and the Stars Allow Rose to see the meteor shower. 44%
- The Spirit and The Mouse Complete the story. 42%
- Unlimited Power!! Collect 1500 Energy. 42%
- West Residence Energy Collect 100 Energy in the West Residence. 41%
- Lightbulb Detective Collect 100 Lightbulbs. 41%
- Out of service Find the out of service Kibblin-Box. 36%
- Deep Lore Learn about Lila's name origin. 36%
- South Square Lightbulbs Collect all Lightbulbs of South Square. 35%
- West Residence Lightbulbs Collect all Lightbulbs of the West Residence. 34%
- East Street Lightbulbs Collect all Lightbulbs of East Street. 33%
- North Town Lightbulbs Collect all Lightbulbs of North Town. 32%
- Lightbulb Master Collect all Lightbulbs of Sainte-et-Claire. 32%
- The Garland and the Lightbulbs Bring back all Lightbulbs to Kishine. 31%
- Lightning fast Travel through all wires of Sainte-et-Claire. 31%
- Fabulous! Unlock the special costume from Kishine. 30%
- Warm Bed Sleep on the top of a Kibblin-Box. 23%
- Take a break Speak to all Kibblins during their break. 20%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.