Jackbox Games - yes, the Quiplash and Drawful people - is stepping well outside their party game comfort zone. According to PC Gamer, the company is publishing their first ever external title, and it is a stealth game called My Arms Are Longer Now.
Yes, you read that correctly. The premise appears to be exactly what it says on the tin - your arms are, in fact, longer now. It's a stealth game built around the absurd mechanic of having stretchy, elongated limbs, which honestly sounds like someone pitched "what if Mr. Fantastic went full snake in Metal Gear Solid" and everyone in the room just nodded and said yes.
Why should you care?
The stealth genre has been running on fumes lately. We've been starved of fresh, creative takes on sneaking around and causing chaos since, well, forever. The last time stealth felt truly exciting was when Dishonored let us blink through walls and possess rats. Stretchy arms as a core mechanic could be the kind of wild, left-field design choice the genre desperately needs to respawn.
Jackbox moving into publishing external developers is itself a pretty big deal - it signals the company wants to grow beyond being the go-to game for family gatherings where Grandma accidentally draws something inappropriate in Drawful. This looks like a genuine swing at a different audience entirely.
When can you play it?
According to PC Gamer, My Arms Are Longer Now is targeting a 2025 release window, so the wait shouldn't be too brutal. No exact date has been confirmed yet, so keep your elongated arms crossed.
Look, the stealth genre getting a quirky, physics-bending shakeup from an unexpected publisher is the kind of chaotic good energy gaming needs right now. If Jackbox can translate their knack for creative, accessible fun into a full stealth experience with stretchy-arm shenanigans, this could be a genuine sleeper hit - pun absolutely intended.
