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AdventureCasualIndieDetectivePoint & ClickPuzzleInteractive FictionVisual Novel

The Mermaid Mask

An impossible locked-room murder: Captain Mortuga lies dead beside an ancient cauldron aboard the world’s strangest submarine, crewed by sketchy suspects. A handcrafted point-and-click with sharp humour and tricky puzzles. Dive into the next mystery from the creators of Tangle Tower & Crow Country.

Developer
SFB Games
Publisher
SFB Games
Franchise
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Release date
Jul 16, 2026
Store page updated
Jul 16, 2026
Price
$19.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

96.3/ 100

Based on 460 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 99% of 416
All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 99% of 2,865
“it slaps, perfect so far, puzzles great, voice acting great, engaged in story”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+1.39
Difficulty +1.39

🔒 5 more indicators

Story & World
+4.25
Story +4.34
“best finale of Detective Grimoire games, well-executed culprit and motive” (196)

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
+1.47
Volume +2.53

🔒 2 more indicators

Visuals & Sound
+4.48
Visuals +4.51
“beautifully animated with perfect execution” (63)

🔒 1 more indicators

Multiplayer
+4.33

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +4.33

🔒 1 more indicators

Fairness
+1.45

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Monetization +1.45

🔒 3 more indicators

Tech & Ops
+0.04

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

Developer support +2.89

🔒 3 more indicators

Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by week · major update
90%92%94%96%98%100%
Jul 16, 2026Sep 17, 2026
Reviews
per day · 412 reviews, peak 25/day
02550
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by week. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.

Review languages

Languages of the 458 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English72%
  • Chinese11%
  • Russian4%
  • Portuguese3%
  • Spanish3%
  • French3%
  • Other5%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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