The Paranormasight games exist thanks to high-profile indies, Square Enix says

The deluge of video game releases — nearly 20,000 games launched on Steam in 2025 alone — is one of the most challenging obstacles for indies, as the chances of getting discovered grow increasingly smaller. But for Square Enix’s Paranormasight series, the opposite is true. Square Enix hasn’t released sales numbers for The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, but it was successful enough for the publisher to greenlight The Mermaid’s Curse. The sequel’s existence is noteworthy, as Square Enix pledged in its 2024 annual report to focus primarily on “quality over quantity” after that year’s slate of remakes and spinoffs performed poorly.