The Sinking City Remastered

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

Frogwares · Released Feb 26, 2021

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 75% of 5,722
Recent reviews: Mixed; 62% of 142 in 30 days
Playing now: 48; peak 24h 75
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 years ago; Jan 16, 2024

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

75% of 5,722 reviews are positive · 62% of 142 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.

Screenshots and trailer

The Sinking City Remastered system requirements

As published by the developer.

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 28
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, HDR

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

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.