The makers of highly successful Crow Country and Snipperclips, SFB Games, is releasing a new game. This new game is a new entry for the indie devs’ series of of detective mystery games, Detective Grimoire.
Titled The Mermaid Mask, this is the fourth and latest entry to series which started out as a Flash game hosted on Newgrounds in 2007 with the latest entry of the series being The Tangled Tower released in 2019.
Detective Grimoire and his sidekick Sally returns (with Edwyn Tiong and Amber Lee Connors reprising their voice roles as Detective Grimoire and Sally respectively) as the duo venture into a nautical adventure inside the Mortuga Submarine.
The captain of the submarine is found dead, with murmurs of hims being a time traveller, or probably a vampire. You’ll have to search for clues, solve puzzles and interrogate the suspicious occupants of the sub to ultimately find out who done it.
The Mermaid Mask features voice acting, hand-drawn 2D animation and a good balance of heavy themes and light humour. You don’t need to be Detective Grimoire fan that played all the previous games to hop on The Mermaid Mask, this is a self-contained murder mystery that can be enjoyed on its own. But there will be nods and winks to past games, in particular from The Tangle Tower.
The Mermaid Mask is set to release this summer (Q3 2026). The game will be released on PC (Steam) and consoles. A demo is now available on PC, as part of Steam Next Fest.