Authentic Lovecraftian atmosphere
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The Sinking City is one of the most authentic Lovecraftian experiences in gaming.”
Steam review · 54.5 h played ↗
The Sinking City Remastered
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Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Frogwares2021Third-Person Shooter · Detective · Horror
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A janky, budget Lovecraftian detective game with superb atmosphere, writing and archive-based investigations, held back by clunky combat, repetitive assets and poor remaster performance.
Great for
Lovecraft fans who enjoy no-hand-holding detective work, can tolerate jank, and buy on sale
Main risk
Repetitive, padded gameplay with clunky combat and a big empty city wears thin fast
What players love
Engaging detective investigations without markers
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The game doesn't hold your hand and respects your intelligence, you advance the storyline through investigating clues, connecting the dots and finding the next locations or person yourself without waypoints.”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Strong writing and morally grey choices
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The writing is excellent and is probably the main reason to pick this game up.”
Steam review · 26.5 h played ↗
Remastered visuals look good
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Oakmont looks absolutely fantastic now.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Great voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“pulp noir voice acting is strongest detail in this game”
Steam review · 29.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor remaster performance and broken frame gen
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Now, I hit 35-40 FPS with the remastered, while I had 100+ FPS in the original.”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Huge, empty open world with long travel
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The way too large City with no content to fill it”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
Clunky, boring combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Combat kills the game.”
Steam review · 14.4 h played ↗
Repetitive gameplay loop and padding
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“All the missions are exactly the same just finding the spot to go on the map, going back and forth all over the place”
Steam review · 18.4 h played ↗
Crashes and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“THE MOMENT U STEP FOOT AND START WALKING IT CRASHES”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
Recycled house layouts and assets
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“almost every single one of them will have the exact same layout, the exact same furniture in the exact same places”
Steam review · 59.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support50 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 Pro 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700, 3.60GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Storage50 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11 Pro 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 3.7GHz / Intel Core i7-9700K, 3.60GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super
Storage50 GB available space
OSWindows 10 Pro 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700, 3.60GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
Storage50 GB available space
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