Adam Vian
@sfbdim.bsky.social
creative director/writer of Crow Country, The Mermaid Mask, Tangle Tower, Snipperclips, Haunt the House. SFB Games w/@sfbtom.bsky.social Adam@SFBGames.com
We'll be exhibiting The Mermaid Mask at AdventureX this year! Please come and say hi if you can, it's a really fantastic event :)
AdventureX@adventurex.bsky.social · yesterdayCheck our curated #AdvX26 games appearing at adventurexpo.org! Go on an adventure into the world of narrative gaming and join us in London on 7-8 November! Tickets go on sale on 12 August!
It's astonishing to me that The Mermaid Mask has only been out for 2 and a half weeks and we've already got over 2000 reviews on Steam... (and 99% positive!)
It's astonishing to me that The Mermaid Mask has only been out for 2 and a half weeks and we've already got over 2000 reviews on Steam... (and 99% positive!)
We'll be exhibiting The Mermaid Mask at AdventureX this year! Please come and say hi if you can, it's a really fantastic event :)
AdventureX@adventurex.bsky.social · yesterdayCheck our curated #AdvX26 games appearing at adventurexpo.org! Go on an adventure into the world of narrative gaming and join us in London on 7-8 November! Tickets go on sale on 12 August!
Here is my (very late) review of The Mermaid Mask! Where I go on to express my love for great whodunits, and why this is among them.
The Mermaid Mask Review – Murder Mystery At Its Finest
The Mermaid Mask is the latest entry in the Detective Grimoire series, and its theatrical cast and clever murder mystery make it the best one yet.
pixelbytegaming.com
The Mermaid Mask is the latest entry in the Detective Grimoire series. Its theatrical cast and clever murder mystery make it the best one yet. Our Review: pixelbytegaming.com/the-mermaid-...
The Mermaid Mask Review – Murder Mystery At Its Finest
The Mermaid Mask is the latest entry in the Detective Grimoire series, and its theatrical cast and clever murder mystery make it the best one yet.
pixelbytegaming.com
9.5/10!! The Mermaid Mask is the best-reviewed thing we've ever made www.useapotion.com/2026/07/the-...
useapotion.com
9.5/10!! The Mermaid Mask is the best-reviewed thing we've ever made www.useapotion.com/2026/07/the-...
useapotion.com
If you love point-and-click adventure games, you should really play The Mermaid Mask. www.siliconera.com/review-the-m...
Review: The Mermaid Mask Is an Impeccable Adventure
The Detective Grimoire game The Mermaid Mask is pretty much a perfect point-and-click adventure.
siliconera.com
Now that I finished both Tangle Tower and Mermaid Mask as well as the Secret of the Swamp I can definitely say I'm fully grimoire pilled, high from detective maxing... #detectivegrimoire
all the sentence-puzzle icons I had to draw for Tangle Tower, and then again for The Mermaid Mask. There's an obvious scope difference, but it's also interesting to compare the colours and vibes - Tangle Tower is all punchy fruit/flowers/gems/etc, Mermaid Mask is quite murky and slimy in comparison
look mum we’re in the news thanks @schillingc.bsky.social for chatting with us! www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst
Going by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game’s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havoc
theguardian.com
A look at what people are saying about The Mermaid Mask on Steam (store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...)
A look at what people are saying about The Mermaid Mask on Steam (store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...)
As desperately as I want SFB Games to make another survival horror after Crow Country, I hope they make a hundred more Grimoire and Sally adventures. 9/10 @shikaboom.bsky.social @sfbtom.bsky.social @sfbdim.bsky.social #indiegame 🎮 My review of The Mermaid's Mask on @thegeeklygrind.bsky.social:
The Mermaid’s Mask Review — The Geekly Grind
Detective Grimoire and Sally return in SFB Games’ The Mermaid’s Mask, a locked-room mystery with exceptional writing, inventive puzzles, and memorable characters.
thegeeklygrind.com
SFB games has such a wild history. Cause what do you mean the same people made The Mermaid Mask, Crow Country, Snipperclips, and The Decline of Video Gaming flash series???
The Mermaid Mask has hit 1000 reviews on Steam! Thanks again to everyone who took the time to write a review - I've actually been reading them!! (Normally I'm too scared to read steam reviews) store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...
The Mermaid Mask has hit 1000 reviews on Steam! Thanks again to everyone who took the time to write a review - I've actually been reading them!! (Normally I'm too scared to read steam reviews) store.steampowered.com/app/1696770/...
The initial inspiration for Symmetry Silkmoth (and her whole vibe) in The Mermaid Mask was Jan Švankmajer's 1971 stop-frame film Jabberwocky, one of my personal favourite things ever
Fun fact: I stole the basic idea for this Mermaid Mask puzzle from Resident Evil 4 remake
A day later and we're somehow now at 738 reviews... This is honestly beyond my loftiest expectations (Crow Country was a hit so I was trying to be realistic/pessimistic and assume the universe would not allow me two hits in a row)
Adam Vian@sfbdim.bsky.social · 2w agoIn just a couple of days, The Mermaid Mask has already hit Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam! Thanks so much to anyone who played it and wrote a review
[vague indirect spoilers for The Mermaid Mask] These are moodboards I made during the casting process, to try and get across the general vibes I had in my head for each character. (I deliberately gave too many suggestions, so the actors wouldn't just imitate one thing) 1/2
In just a couple of days, The Mermaid Mask has already hit Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam! Thanks so much to anyone who played it and wrote a review
In just a couple of days, The Mermaid Mask has already hit Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam! Thanks so much to anyone who played it and wrote a review
