What really happened to your mum? Did she perish in a fishing accident years ago, or was it something more... supernatural? Find out as the teenage hero of the gripping horror mystery Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse. Hop between characters as you explore the island of Kameshima and fish for secrets that may have been better left undisturbed.

What we love: The perfect pacing. Ghostly apparitions, shocking murders, whispers of a curse that could devastate Kameshima – it’s one jaw-dropping revelation after another. And between the suspenseful twists are moments of quiet calm, like setting a new personal record for gathering scallops in a diving mini-game.

Quick tip: In the “Cursed” chapter, keep revisiting locations and talking to people until you’ve exhausted all conversation options (a checkmark will appear by a topic once a person has told you everything they know). Eventually the lighthouse will appear and the story will progress.

Meet the creator: For this standalone sequel to Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, Japanese developer Xeen and series writer and director Takanari Ishiyama worked with authorities in Japan’s Mie Prefecture to reproduce locations in the game. The fictional Kameshima is based on the real-world island of Kamishima.