Wires And Whiskers

Wires And Whiskers

Released Jul 2025

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.

94% positive · 1,816 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Wires and Whiskers launched on July 31, 2025 as a free-to-play, ~30-minute local co-op action-puzzle game. In the weeks immediately following launch, the developer shipped a handful of patches addressing bugs, language support, and co-op configuration improvements — the kind of post-launch housekeeping typical of a small indie title. The game has no DLC listings, no announced future content, and no developer roadmap or statements about planned expansions or updates. The store description presents the game as a complete experience. The post-launch activity wound down quickly after early August 2025, and there have been no further communications. Given the game's short campaign length (~30 minutes), its origins as what appears to be a student or small studio project (published by ISART DIGITAL, a French game development school), and the absence of any signals pointing to ongoing content development, this appears to be a finished, self-contained product that shipped complete on its release date.
Evidence
Wires and Whiskers officially launched as a complete game with a ~30-minute co-op campaign, couch co-op, and Steam Remote Play Together support.
news post · Jul 31, 2025 source content shipped
high
Store description presents the game as a complete local co-op experience with no mention of future content, DLC, updates, or roadmap.
description source ambiguous
medium

Media

Details

Publisher
ISART DIGITAL
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Wires and Whiskers is a fast-paced, two-player local co-op game where you control a cybernetic lab gerbil and its armed exosuit through tactical combat and magnetic puzzles.

Each player takes on a unique role: one handles agile movement and melee dashes (the gerbil), while the other manages long-range attacks and magnetic interaction systems (the exosuit). You must rely on precise coordination to survive an irradiated world overrun by mutated enemies and unstable tech.

Explore Together!

Fight together!

Use Projection!

This game is a 20-30 minute experience developed by students at ISART DIGITAL as part of their final year project!


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Last evaluated Jun 16, 2026
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