- Released
Jun 27, 2019
2,679 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch
- PS4
- +1
Release dates
North America dates- Apr 28, 20212,008 days ago
- Xbox Series X|S
- Feb 26, 20212,069 days ago
- PC
- Feb 19, 20212,076 days ago
- PS5
- Sep 12, 20192,602 days ago
- Switch
- Jun 27, 20192,679 days ago
- PS4
- Xbox One
About
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 city of New England, Oakmont Massachusetts. It's currently suffering from extensive waterflood, and its cause is clearly supernatural.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 287 players- Main story
- 19 h
- Main + extras
- 25 h
- Completionist
- 32 h
OpenCritic69/10038% recommend · Fair162 critic reviewsSteam76%Mostly Positive · 4,872 reviews
Critics (IGDB)70/10015 reviews
IGDB players70/100141 ratings
Game info
- Released
- 2019 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Editions, DLC & expansions
DLC 3
Other versions
Remasters 1
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBMBlood and Gore, Intense Violence, Suggestive Themes, Tobacco Reference, Use of Drugs, Violence
- PEGI18Bad Language, Fear, Violence
- CEROZViolence
- USK16No content descriptors
- GRAC19+Violence
- CLASS IND14No content descriptors
- ACBMA 15+No content descriptors
Languages
19 languagesArabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, English, English (UK) and 13 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabicالعربية | – | ||
| Chinese (Simplified)简体中文 | – | ||
| Chinese (Traditional)繁體中文 | – | ||
| Czechčeština | – | ||
| EnglishEnglish (US) | |||
| English (UK) | |||
| FrenchFrançais | |||
| GermanDeutsch | |||
| ItalianItaliano | – | ||
| Japanese日本語 | – | ||
| Korean한국어 | – | ||
| PolishPolski | – | ||
| Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil) | – | ||
| Portuguese (Portugal)Português (Portugal) | – | ||
| RussianРусский | |||
| Spanish (Mexico)Español (Mexico) | – | ||
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) | – | ||
| TurkishTürkçe | – | ||
| Ukrainianукраїнська | – |
Themes & tags
Story & names
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?
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Also known as
- シンキング シティ / The Sinking CityJapanese title - original
- TSCGame.exeWindows Executable
Release dates by region
The The Sinking City series
All 3 games
This gameThe Sinking City2019
The Sinking City Remastered2025 · Remaster
The Sinking City 22026
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.