MouseCraft is an adventure developed by Crunching Koalas, released 8 July 2014 on Nintendo Switch, Ouya, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. It currently starts at $1.99 at GOG.
What MouseCraft is
MouseCraft is an adventure game developed by Crunching Koalas and released in 2014. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Ouya, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Windows Phone. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ever wondered what a cross between Tetris and Lemmings would look like? Well, wonder no more, 'cause... MouseCraft is here! Help Schrödinger, the crazy cat scientist, in his cheesy experiment and lead a group of mice in the most puzzling experience this year. MouseCraft is an A to B puzzle game where players help mice in their relentless quest for cheese by stacking the world's most famous blocks: Tetrominos. Gather collectibles, fight enemies, use different types of bricks, blow up things and avoid environmental hazards in 80 hand crafted levels.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 23 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
MouseCraft holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 4 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.4Ghz or Higher, 512 MB RAM and OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.99 at GOG, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
MouseCraft launched on 8 July 2014, within three weeks of The Last of Us Remastered, Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and Divinity: Original Sin. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Last of Us Remastered, Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Divinity: Original Sin.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for MouseCraft yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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