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Wires And Whiskers

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2025

Should you play it?

Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.

What works

  • Charming cooperative gameplay
  • High-quality visuals and sound
  • Smooth controls
  • Free to play
  • Polished student project

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short gameplay duration
  • Limited story and progression
  • Controller setup issues
  • Lack of keyboard support for co-op
  • No online multiplayer beyond remote play

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sonder

  • Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Remake

  • Together: Moon Escape

  • Trine Enchanted Edition

  • Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons

  • Escape First Alchemist ⚗️

More continuation-driven

Games that feels like Wires And Whiskers but with an even stronger pull to keep playing

  • Escape Simulator 2

  • Split Fiction

  • Nikoderiko: The Magical World — Director’s Cut

  • Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

  • Emberhold

  • Delivery & Beyond

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Wires And Whiskers: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Continuation.

Last update: 21/08/2026