Publisher Kodansha and developer 6th Sense Games have announced Pararecords, a new paranormal adventure game.

Pararecords is in development for Windows PC (via Steam), with a release set for sometime in summer 2025.

Here’s a rundown on the game, plus its reveal trailer:

As a counselor in a mysterious facility, you are to examine children with strange powers and fill in their “Paranormal Records”. In this story-based, choice-driven game, you will have to pry open your subjects’ minds… but what you find inside them could prove dangerous.

Through dialogue, we come into contact with the paranormal.

You are a counselor at a facility for children with hidden paranormal abilities.
You must fill in the chart with dialogue and observation within the limited time of 60 minutes.

Children with various different paranormal abilities

The most important thing you need to find out is the details of their hidden “paranormal abilities.”
We need to know what abilities they have, what triggers them to manifest, and how to deal with them. 

However, the children you counsel are unique and challenging to work with.
Observe them and communicate with them to see which approaches work the best.

Point-and-click conversation

The game is a point-and-click format.
You can communicate with them by using what is in the room or what they are wearing as conversation starters and by making choices that come up in the conversation.

The more trust you gain from them, the more in-depth information you may learn.
Conversely, if they are ever alarmed by you, your sanity will be at risk.

Your understanding will change the outcome

The more information you acquire and the more you fill out your medical records, the higher your reputation as a counselor will be.
Aim to be a better counselor. 

Let’s hope you don’t run away during the process…