Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death Coming to Nintendo Switch™ in February 2026

Use your uncanny abilities to reveal new clues and solve a decades-old murder

Torrance, Calif. — November 18, 2025 — Aksys Games unearthed new evidence today regarding the upcoming crime-solving adventure Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death, coming to Nintendo Switch™ on February 26, 2026. Decades ago, a celebrated artist was brutally murdered while painting late at night. Now, your university Mystery Research Club is prying open old wounds while revisiting this unsolved case.

Take on the role of first year college student Doppo Akazawa who has joined the Mystery Research Club. Their first research assignment leads them to Narumizawa to investigate the 30-year-old murder case of a famous landscape artist. Though irregularities were found and the primary suspect died in an apparent suicide, the case was closed. However, Doppo possesses something that those in charge thirty years ago didn't have; the power to travel back in time. 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 clues leading to the true killer.

Structured like a TV drama, each chapter in Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death is presented in the form of an episode. The tension builds as you begin to draw key information from everyone connected to the murder 30 years ago. The game world is brought to life by a talented cast of voice actors, great character designs and beautiful backgrounds, with the retrocognition portions taking players back to the past with a retro art style.

Path of Mystery: A Brush with Death has been rated T for Teen by the ESRB. For more information, visit www.aksysgames.com/pathofmystery

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About Aksys Games
Aksys Games Localization, Inc. is a Metacritic Top Five video game publisher committed to publishing unique and high-quality interactive content for all current-generation platforms since 2006. The company was a pioneer in localizing otome games for Western audiences, including the award-winning Code:Realize and Collar X Malice series. Its lineup of games features the wildly successful BlazBlue, Under Night In-Birth, and Guilty Gear franchises, Little Dragons Café, and the award-winning Spirit Hunter: Death Mark and Spirit Hunter: NG adventures. Aksys Games and its unique products can be found on the company's website, www.aksysgames.com.