Folklore and horror have often gone hand in hand, and these stories have often been retold in commercial media for a tidy profit. From horror movies like The Curse of La Llorona through to some of the story elements of horror game series Fatal Frame, such tales have been converted - for better of worse - to a more marketable format countless times. New horror game Maid of Sker is the latest example of this process, and it's a solid addition to its genre.

Maid of Sker is a loose adaptation of the Welsh ghost story of Sker House, itself a tale of love and loss. According to the story, in the 1700s Elizabeth Williams fell for a local harpist named Thomas Evans, but their romance did not align what Elizabeth's father wanted for his daughter. After an elopement was halted, Elizabeth would eventually be locked away, and died of a broken heart nine years into an arranged marriage. Elizabeth's ghost reportedly haunts the location to this day.