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RELEASE2025
DEVELOPERFumi Games
PUBLISHERPlaySide Publishing
LINK fumigames.com
I t’s becoming increasingly difficult to make a splash among a sea of game announcements. An estimated 14,000-plus games were released on Steam alone in 2023, with that number only expected to rise in the years to come. To combat this, one indie developer has already attracted the attention of millions by looking to the past for inspiration.
, a new first-person shooter that utilises the ‘rubber hose’ animation style of the 1930s, has seen massive interest since early development footage surfaced online. Developed by Warsaw-based Fumi Games, players control a private detective who battles their way through a chaotic city full of criminal rodents, utilising an assortment of cartoon-like weapons to stamp out the corrupt politicians. Unsurprisingly, a lot of