Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo cover

Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo

Critic score3 critics
First release
Mar 08, 2023
Developer
Xeen
Publisher
Square Enix
Genres
Adventure, Simulator, Point-and-click, Visual Novel · Mystery, Horror, Thriller

How far would you go to bring someone back from the dead? Discover the depths that some will go to in this horror-adventure game. Set in Honjo, Tokyo's Sumida ward during the Showa period (1926-89), this is the unsettling tale of those with the power to curse, derived from the gruesome real world urban legends: "The Seven Mysteries of Honjo." Follow the cursed seven as they embark on a supernatural ordeal over a three-day period to realise their desperate hopes and dreams.

Also known as パラノマサイト FILE23 本所七不思議, PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, Paranormasight File 23 The Seven Wonders of Honjo, Paranormasight File 23 Honjo's Seven Wonders
… See more, PARANORMASIGHT.exe

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Storyline
Shogo Okiie, an ordinary office worker, visits Kinshibori Park in the dead of night with his friend, Yoko Fukunaga, to investigate a well-known local ghost story: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Shogo doesn’t quite believe Yoko when she talks about how the Mysteries are connected to the Rite of Resurrection and doesn't pay it much mind - that is, until strange events begin to unfold before his very eyes. Meanwhile, several others are making their own investigations into The Seven Mysteries... Detectives investigating a series of strange deaths, a high-school girl seeking the truth behind her classmate’s suicide, and a mother who has sworn revenge for her lost son. Their desires and motives intertwine and interplay, with the Seven Mysteries of Honjo at the core, leading the story towards a battle of wits and curses.Read more

Shogo Okiie, an ordinary office worker, visits Kinshibori Park in the dead of night with his friend, Yoko Fukunaga, to investigate a well-known local ghost story: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Shogo doesn’t quite believe Yoko when she talks about how the Mysteries are connected to the Rite of Resurrection and doesn't pay it much mind - that is, until strange events begin to unfold before his very eyes. Meanwhile, several others are making their own investigations into The Seven Mysteries... Detectives investigating a series of strange deaths, a high-school girl seeking the truth behind her classmate’s suicide, and a mother who has sworn revenge for her lost son. Their desires and motives intertwine and interplay, with the Seven Mysteries of Honjo at the core, leading the story towards a battle of wits and curses.

Release dates
Android
Mar 08, 2023
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 08, 2023
iOS
Mar 09, 2023
All 4 release dates
Nintendo Switch
Mar 09, 2023
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
13h
Completionist
30h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
Where to buy
Keywords
investigation, supernatural, branching paths, tokyo, urban legends
… All 6, historical japan

At a Glance

Critic Score
85
Main + Extras (IGDB)
13h
Completionist (IGDB)
30h

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Steam users rate this Overwhelmingly Positive, 6,231 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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