UMIGARI | ウミガリ Harpoon fishing in foggy, strange seas

You hunt fish with a harpoon, timing each throw, then sell the catch to buy fuel and better gear. Early on it is a thrown spear; upgrades later change how you strike at distant targets. Some fish are smarter than you think, so a bad throw can cost you the catch. Boat equipment found scattered around the world helps with the hunting.

One moment: you throw, the harpoon lands in grey water, and you reel in your line slowly, not yet sure what is on the other end. That small wait is where the game lives. The fishing itself is calm and repetitive in a good way, a loop you settle into before the sea starts doing stranger things.

Your earnings buy speed and fuel capacity, and fuel is how far you can push from shore. Deeper waters mean new islands, hidden treasures and fish that stop looking like fish. As one area opens after another, the catch goes from occasionally odd to wearing clothes to wearing a face. The pufferfish in the first fishing ground, by comparison, stays a perfectly normal fish.

The story underneath all this is about people and fish trading places, and what either species does with a body. It is creepy more than scary, and it leaves you with questions rather than answers. There are two endings, and you can see both.