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Dry Drowning
Dry Drowning is a psychological investigative visual novel set in a futuristic dystopian city. Follow the story of Mordred Foley, unscrupulous private detective haunted by his dark past, and look into a series of macabre serial killings inspired by Greek mythology.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“What a GREAT game! I loved it. 10/10, will come back and get all achievements.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Задумка неплохая, удобный интерфейс, геймплей как таковой отсутствует - всё взаимодействие в игре ограничено тыканием мышки в произвольные места на экране, либо для промотки диалога, либо для выделения части фоновой картинки. Для такой игры это, в общем-то, нормально, когда есть…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
NEW GAME: SHATTERED HEAVEN
Hi, I'm Giacomo Masi, creative director of Dry Drowning. First of all I want to thank with all my heart every single player who decided to roam through the streets of Nova Polemos. Mordred, Hera, Frey
ANNOUNCING: SHATTERED HEAVEN
Dear citizens of Nova Polemos, we are here today to share an exciting announcement with you all! We can finally reveal our next title: SHATTERED HEAVEN! Shattered Heaven is our new RPG, featuring deck
DRY DROWNING - STEAM'S SIMFEST DEALS BEGIN NOW
Steam's SimFest Sales begin now, from today until April 11th you will have the opportunity to buy Dry Drowning with a -60% off on the price list ! Thanks for the support and stay tuned for the next up
DRY DROWNING - STEAM'S WEEKLONG DEALS BEGIN NOW
It's sales time, and the Weeklong Deals start on Steam! From today and until next February 14th you can buy Dry Drowning with a discount of -60% from the list price. Thanks for the support and stay tu
STEAM LUNAR NEW YEAR SALE BEGINS NOW!
Like every year the Steam Lunar New Year Sale is here! From today until February 3 you can buy Dry Drowning on PC with a 60% discount. Thanks for the support and stay tuned for the next updates!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Futuristic · Adventure · Mystery · Visual Novel · Sci-fi · Noir · Investigation · Horror · Psychological · Singleplayer · Thriller · Cyberpunk (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://vlgpublishing.com/drydrowning/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: WINDOWS® 10 (64bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-4160 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 4400 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space