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The Sinking City 2

Frogwares · 2026-08-18

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 17, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 17, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Aug 17, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), 2027 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Set in the Roaring '20s, The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror steeped in Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity and explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, stalked by the dead, as you weigh one life against an entire city.

83%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,227
twitch viewers (latest)
5227.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
25
Nexus mods (11k downloads)
4.57★
PlayStation Store rating (1,815 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)
The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror game developed by Frogwares and inspired by the works of horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft. The game is a sequel to The Sinking City (2019) and the story is set in the city of Arkham during the 1920s.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 24% of 13,246 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–73k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,627 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $44.99 at GamesPlanet US (2026-07-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 0 of 13 observed days · $5.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70270220262026Week of 2026-08-17: 702 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 258 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-08-31: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-08-31: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-09-07: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-09-07: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$49.992026-08-262026-09-092026-08-26 — best price $49.992026-08-29 — best price $49.992026-08-30 — best price $49.992026-08-31 — best price $49.992026-09-01 — best price $49.992026-09-02 — best price $49.992026-09-03 — best price $49.992026-09-04 — best price $49.992026-09-05 — best price $49.992026-09-06 — best price $49.992026-09-07 — best price $49.992026-09-08 — best price $49.992026-09-09 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8.9k1492026-06-11 — 317 pageviews2026-06-14 — 370 pageviews2026-06-17 — 804 pageviews2026-06-20 — 408 pageviews2026-06-23 — 238 pageviews2026-06-26 — 213 pageviews2026-06-29 — 207 pageviews2026-07-02 — 178 pageviews2026-07-05 — 250 pageviews2026-07-08 — 179 pageviews2026-07-11 — 412 pageviews2026-07-14 — 329 pageviews2026-07-17 — 332 pageviews2026-07-20 — 277 pageviews2026-07-23 — 251 pageviews2026-07-26 — 252 pageviews2026-07-29 — 451 pageviews2026-08-01 — 362 pageviews2026-08-04 — 319 pageviews2026-08-07 — 278 pageviews2026-08-10 — 381 pageviews2026-08-13 — 582 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1,690 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6,501 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4,369 pageviews2026-08-25 — 2,719 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1,856 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1,438 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1,028 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1,072 pageviews2026-09-08 — 998 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.2k3.5k2026-08-29 09:12 — 4,745 viewers2026-08-29 10:12 — 4,720 viewers2026-08-29 11:12 — 4,467 viewers2026-08-29 12:12 — 4,390 viewers2026-08-30 08:12 — 3,522 viewers2026-08-30 09:12 — 4,422 viewers2026-08-30 10:12 — 4,241 viewers2026-08-30 11:12 — 4,744 viewers2026-08-30 12:12 — 5,080 viewers2026-08-30 13:12 — 5,227 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "Welcome To Arkham!"
39.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportStereo Sound3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2026-08-18, latest 2026-09-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)91224%23
Steam (Steam)6677%23
Xbox Series (Xbox)9317%23

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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