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The Sinking City Remastered

Lovecraftian open-world detective adventure in a flooded, supernatural city

Frogwares · Released Feb 26, 2021

ActionAdventure

Reviews
Mostly Positive
74% of 5,819
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
70% of 86 in 30 days
Players
40
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
May 13, 2025
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
16 GB RAM · 50 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 71/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Sinking City Remastered?

This single-player, third-person action-adventure puts you in the role of a private investigator examining supernatural events in the half-submerged city of Oakmont. You explore the open world on foot, by boat, and in a diving suit, gather and connect evidence, make choices during cases, manage mental health, and fight creatures with 1920s weapons.

For you if...

  • +you prefer clue-driven investigations over guided waypoint chasing
  • +you want slow-paced cosmic horror with morally gray choices
  • +you enjoy exploring a flooded open world independently

Not for you if...

  • −you need polished combat and varied enemy encounters
  • −you dislike repeated travel through a large open world
  • −you want intuitive systems with minimal tutorial reading

What players say

74% of 5,819 reviews are positive · 70% of 86 in the last 30 days

Players praise the Lovecraftian setting, writing, atmosphere, and evidence-based investigation mechanics. Common complaints include clunky combat, repeated backtracking, limited enemy variety, and recycled locations; some players also report poor performance, crashes, and progression-blocking bugs in the remaster.

Players over time

▼ -38% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 86 players on Oct 25, 2026.

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Sep 27, 202669
Sep 26, 202647
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Sep 24, 202658
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Sep 23, 202675
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Sep 21, 202672

How many players finish The Sinking City Remastered?

11% of Steam players have unlocked «The Stars Are Right», the achievement for finishing the main story.

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Screenshots and trailer

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The Sinking City Remastered system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 16 GB RAM, 50 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i7-7700, 3.60GHz
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
50 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Recommended

OS
Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
Processor
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 3.7GHz / Intel Core i7-9700K, 3.60GHz
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
50 GB available space
DirectX
Version 12

Does The Sinking City Remastered have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Sinking City Remastered run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
28
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, HDR
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Russian. Text only: Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Does The Sinking City Remastered use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

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