The Mermaid Mask similar games & best alternatives

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The Mermaid Mask

Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2026

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging mystery and story
  • Beautiful art and animation
  • Excellent voice acting
  • Creative puzzles and 3d evidence interaction
  • Immersive atmosphere

Things to keep in mind

  • Some minor bugs reported
  • Puzzles occasionally require trial and error
  • Lack of chapter select for replay
  • Some narrative loose ends
  • Achievements sometimes buggy

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

Less expressive

Games that feels like The Mermaid Mask but with less self-expression and customization

Less intimate

Games that feels like The Mermaid Mask but with less focus on close relationships

More survival-focused

Games that feels like The Mermaid Mask but with a stronger survival pressure

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with The Mermaid Mask. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with The Mermaid Mask. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Mermaid Mask: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression, Thrill.

Last update: 03/09/2026