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The Sinking City Remastered cover art

The Sinking City Remastered

Frogwares · 2021-02-26

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 27, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 19, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jun 27, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 12, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 28, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

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.

101
playing now
76%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (125 ratings)
21h
to beat · rushed 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

101 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The Sinking City is a 2019 action-adventure game developed by Frogwares and inspired by the works of horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft. Set in the fictional city of Oakmont, Massachusetts during the 1920s, the story follows private investigator and war veteran Charles W. Reed as he searches for clues to the cause of the terrifying visions plaguing him, and becomes embroiled in the mystery of Oakmont's unrelenting flooding.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 101 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 493 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~62/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 111k–250k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,555 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-85%
Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2023-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 68 of 69 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17117120212026Week of 2021-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

242292026-08-07 00:00 — 74 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 78 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 93 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 76 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 72 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 131 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 90 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 88 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 66 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 92 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 69 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 29 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 107 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 125 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 60 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 153 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 171 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 83 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 187 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 230 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 85 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 82 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 130 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 101 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$52.57$5.702020-01-302026-08-262020-01-30 — best price $42.492020-02-14 — best price $46.052020-05-19 — best price $50.022020-12-21 — best price $42.492021-04-20 — best price $17.992021-06-28 — best price $15.992021-09-24 — best price $7.992021-12-20 — best price $35.992022-03-02 — best price $40.052022-05-02 — best price $35.992022-10-14 — best price $6.512022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-04-27 — best price $7.992023-07-13 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-03-20 — best price $39.992024-05-20 — best price $9.992024-07-22 — best price $39.992024-10-07 — best price $7.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-02-10 — best price $7.992025-04-04 — best price $14.792025-05-20 — best price $39.992025-06-26 — best price $15.992025-08-07 — best price $11.992025-09-25 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $9.992025-12-22 — best price $6.992026-01-23 — best price $9.992026-03-16 — best price $39.992026-04-10 — best price $5.702026-05-21 — best price $5.992026-07-14 — best price $5.992026-08-10 — best price $31.202026-08-26 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5.0k1662026-06-01 — 199 pageviews2026-06-04 — 171 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,210 pageviews2026-06-10 — 459 pageviews2026-06-13 — 407 pageviews2026-06-16 — 884 pageviews2026-06-19 — 610 pageviews2026-06-22 — 383 pageviews2026-06-25 — 267 pageviews2026-06-28 — 336 pageviews2026-07-01 — 246 pageviews2026-07-04 — 260 pageviews2026-07-07 — 219 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1,003 pageviews2026-07-13 — 489 pageviews2026-07-16 — 362 pageviews2026-07-19 — 326 pageviews2026-07-22 — 280 pageviews2026-07-25 — 232 pageviews2026-07-28 — 428 pageviews2026-07-31 — 328 pageviews2026-08-03 — 346 pageviews2026-08-06 — 297 pageviews2026-08-09 — 388 pageviews2026-08-12 — 523 pageviews2026-08-15 — 969 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5,032 pageviews2026-08-21 — 2,211 pageviews2026-08-24 — 2,246 pageviews2026-08-27 — 989 pageviews2026-08-28 — 980 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3232026-08-26 20:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 29 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
59.4%
earned "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySteam CloudHDR availableFamily Sharing6 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,33411%28
Xbox Series (Xbox)56716%28

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGActionHorrorDetectiveAction RPGOpen WorldStory RichExplorationConversationLovecraftian

Census log

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

Recent updates

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