{"id":24134,"date":"2026-07-28T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/the-mermaid-mask-review-the-funniest-underwater-murder-mystery-you-can-play\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T09:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:37:38","slug":"the-mermaid-mask-review-the-funniest-underwater-murder-mystery-you-can-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/the-mermaid-mask-review-the-funniest-underwater-murder-mystery-you-can-play\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mermaid Mask review \u2013 the funniest underwater murder mystery you can play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PC, Nintendo Switch\/Switch 2, PS5; SFB Games<br \/><\/strong>Detective Grimoire is at it again in the long-awaited new entry to this stylish series of comedy whodunnits<\/p>\n<p>In a boom time for mystery games, the Detective Grimoire series stands out for its style and sense of humour. The Mermaid Mask continues to build upon the formula laid down in Secret of the Swamp and polished in Tangle Tower, and while there is still room for further improvements this sequel is worth the seven years\u2019 wait.<\/p>\n<p>This time, the casually competent Grimoire and his smart if sarcastic sidekick Sally have been summoned to a submarine to solve the locked-room murder of its captain, Magnus Mortuga. You click around the cluttered rooms of the vessel to hear the detectives\u2019 comedic commentary and look for clues and \u2013 closer up \u2013 click and drag to move objects around for further examination or to solve a puzzle. (For those playing on Nintendo Switch 2, the mouse controls are actually useful here, if not comfortable in the long run.)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2026\/jul\/28\/the-mermaid-mask-review-detective-grimoire-sfb\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/73125fda5d4ca7655c7fd2180b88a59643ce10cf\/455_0_1267_1014\/master\/1267.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0741ba534d30beee9a190a871aa5921c\" title=\"The Mermaid Mask review \u2013 the funniest underwater murder mystery you can play\" \/>PC, Nintendo Switch\/Switch 2, PS5; SFB GamesDetective Grimoire is at it again in the long-awaited new entry to this stylish series of comedy whodunnits<br \/>\nIn a boom time for mystery games, the Detective Grimoire series stands out for its style and sense of humour. The Mermaid Mask continues to build upon the formula laid down in Secret of the Swamp and polished in Tangle Tower, and while there is still room for further improvements this sequel is worth the seven years\u2019 wait.<br \/>\nThis time, the casually competent Grimoire and his smart if sarcastic sidekick Sally have been summoned to a submarine to solve the locked-room murder of its captain, Magnus Mortuga. You click around the cluttered rooms of the vessel to hear the detectives\u2019 comedic commentary and look for clues and \u2013 closer up \u2013 click and drag to move objects around for further examination or to solve a puzzle. (For those playing on Nintendo Switch 2, the mouse controls are actually useful here, if not comfortable in the long run.) Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PC, Nintendo Switch\/Switch 2, PS5; SFB GamesDetective Grimoire is at it again in the long-awaited new entry to this stylish series of comedy whodunnits In a boom time for mystery games, the Detective Grimoire series stands out for its style and sense of humour. The Mermaid Mask continues to build upon the formula laid down &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/the-mermaid-mask-review-the-funniest-underwater-murder-mystery-you-can-play\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Mermaid Mask review \u2013 the funniest underwater murder mystery you can play<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24134"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}