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The Sinking City Remastered
Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
50 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“[h1]Cthulhu: the open world[/h1] The Sinking City is a game I’ve been wanting to play for a long time, way before the Remastered version came out. After years of dithering, I finally got to play it and let me tell you…”
“Killer game!! It's like Lovecraft meets L.A. Noir. Great skill tree and game play. The Mind's Eye and Sanity mechanics are fun to play with. And lastly, the remastered graphics are well worth it. The one and only…”
“I wish they made this game simply a detective game. And I do recommend it as a detective sim. The main story and side quests are fun, investigation mechanics are cool. (I only wish they made dialogues advance on a…”
38 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Interesting atmosphere, but bland narrative and tedious, boring and clunky gameplay make it very hard to remain interested. An interesting idea, but very badly executed.”
“Style is super cool, but the gameplay is extremely frustrating. It takes about half an hour to go to a new location on the map, because you have to read the street names and mark the map yourself, then try every door on…”
“Killer game!! It's like Lovecraft meets L.A. Noir. Great skill tree and game play. The Mind's Eye and Sanity mechanics are fun to play with. And lastly, the remastered graphics are well worth it. The one and only…”
36 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The Sinking City: Remastered has a strong concept and a potentially great story, but the experience is dragged down by constant friction. The investigative gameplay - clue hunting, crime scene reconstruction, and…”
“[h1]Cthulhu: the open world[/h1] The Sinking City is a game I’ve been wanting to play for a long time, way before the Remastered version came out. After years of dithering, I finally got to play it and let me tell you…”
“If you want a good game, this is not the one. If you want a great lovecraftian world to explore, this game is great.”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Great game, atmosphere and narrative once you get used to it, especially the combat dynamics and the character skills. Best way at the beginning is to develop him under the mind side enforcing the detective traits and…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“this game is not for the faint of heart or the easily triggered, it is good but will test you at every turn, and yes it is from an un-woke era of life but it can teach you to get rid of your prejudices and hatred…”
“If you like using your Brain while Gaming this is for you.”
“Very fun detective story with a decent story line and easy gameplay. Biggest challenge is figuring out the casebook and menu system to work cases - can be overwhelming at first, but once not bad after using it for a…”
66 of the 104 reviews raise this · 31 of them still recommend the game.
“Interesting atmosphere, but bland narrative and tedious, boring and clunky gameplay make it very hard to remain interested. An interesting idea, but very badly executed.”
“I really wanted to at least finish this game, especially since I never write a review halfway through. Unfortunately, I encountered a game-breaking bug that prevented me from progressing in the main story: in the…”
“The Sinking City: Remastered has a strong concept and a potentially great story, but the experience is dragged down by constant friction. The investigative gameplay - clue hunting, crime scene reconstruction, and…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Bought this on a big sale, still wasn't worth it. The core gameplay loop can seem interesting at first, but the novelty of every aspect wears off very quickly - the LA Noire clue-snooping, mentally recreating crime…”
“Style is super cool, but the gameplay is extremely frustrating. It takes about half an hour to go to a new location on the map, because you have to read the street names and mark the map yourself, then try every door on…”
“I wish they made this game simply a detective game. And I do recommend it as a detective sim. The main story and side quests are fun, investigation mechanics are cool. (I only wish they made dialogues advance on a…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I really wanted to at least finish this game, especially since I never write a review halfway through. Unfortunately, I encountered a game-breaking bug that prevented me from progressing in the main story: in the…”
“You might as well just buy the base game, the remake is a disaster. The frameGen doesn't work, They know about it but aren't doing anything at all. It requires far too many resources to be only slightly better than the…”
“Okay I give this game a 8.0 and only recommend the remastered UE5 version if you have a stronger PC. Albeit the remaster also includes the OG 2019 UE4 version which has MUCH lower system requirements. So weaker PC…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Interesting atmosphere, but bland narrative and tedious, boring and clunky gameplay make it very hard to remain interested. An interesting idea, but very badly executed.”
“Story rich, fun gameplay, but the way the character dialogue and choices are forced is really annoying and jarring in a game where dialogue is so important. An example: randomly, half way through, you're forced to…”
“Unsurprisingly, investigation-related features that migrated from Sherlock games are good, although watered down due to the sheer scope. Also unsurprisingly, if you've made bite-sized walking/talking simulators for 20…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Absolutely abysmal experience. I thought i'd love it, seeing as how many mechanics it has really showed themselves to be interesting early on, but every single thing i tried to enjoy got ♥♥♥♥♥♥ over by whatever fever…”
“Story rich, fun gameplay, but the way the character dialogue and choices are forced is really annoying and jarring in a game where dialogue is so important. An example: randomly, half way through, you're forced to…”
“I wish they made this game simply a detective game. And I do recommend it as a detective sim. The main story and side quests are fun, investigation mechanics are cool. (I only wish they made dialogues advance on a…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“I enjoyed the main gameplay - crossing the city, evading too dangerous situations and becoming able to manage more as you play. There is intrinsically much that is meant to disturb - suicide, psychological horror and just grossness. I wouldn't recommend for people unfamiliar…”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“The Sinking City is a 5.5/10, but if you are looking for a HP Lovecraft game then this is a solid entry in your collection. The Sinking City (TSC) Remastered edition fixes enough of the issues to create a competent, narrative driven detective game within a unique setting. A…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“I forced myself to complete the game, although large parts of it felt like a boring slog. As a fan of especially the earlier Frogwares titles, it saddens me that their recent games mostly boiled down to the same open-worldish formula that sacrifices quality for quantity with a…”
— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Lovecraftian · Third-Person Shooter · Story Rich · Detective · Exploration · Horror · RPG · Open World · Psychological Horror · Third Person · Action-Adventure · Action RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Steam Cloud · HDR available |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * , Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i7-7700, 3.60GHz Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 50 GB available space