The Sinking City
The Sinking City is a game of investigation genre taking place in a fictional open world inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The player incarnates a private investigator in 1920s, who finds himself in a…
The Sinking City is an adventure developed by Frogwares, released 27 June 2019 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. The main story takes about 20.5 hrs to finish.
What The Sinking City is
The Sinking City is an adventure game developed by Frogwares and released in 2019. It was published by Bigben Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The city trembles on the brink of madness. Can you investigate this beleaguered town and untangle the tragic extent of its failings or will you be driven beyond madness yourself?
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, mystery and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 28 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Sinking City holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 141 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-7700, 3.60GHz, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Sinking City launched on 27 June 2019, within three weeks of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Super Mario Maker 2, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled and Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Super Mario Maker 2, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Sinking City yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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Dlc
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