Publisher Aksys Games has announced a western release for Toybox’s mystery visual novel Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death.

Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death is coming west sometime in spring 2026, for Nintendo Switch. The game was originally released for Japan in December 2024.

Here’s a brief blurb on the game, plus a trailer:

Decades ago, a famous landscape artist was brutally murdered while painting late at night. At that time irregularities were found in the case and the primary suspect died in an apparent suicide. The case was closed and, over time, nearly forgotten. Thirty years later your university club, the Mystery Research Club, pries open old wounds, revisiting this unsolved case as a research assignment. Unexpected new clues are revealed as you use your secret ability to peer into the past, viewing key items and events in a new light. Use your uniquely gained knowledge to steer conversations and interviews with witnesses and potential suspects. Maintain your own secrets while uncovering a series of long-buried mysteries leading to the true killer.