The Sinking City 2 Still Has More Work to Do to Live Up to the Series’ Potential

The Sinking City 2 Still Has More Work to Do to Live Up to the Series’ Potential

Not that long ago, it didn’t even seem like we were going to see a sequel to The Sinking City at all, since Ukrainian developer Frogwares was hit just as hard by the economic and material consequences of Russia’s invasion of the country in 2022. But in 2024, The Sinking City 2 was announced, in 2025 the Kickstarter to help fund it was completed, and earlier this month, I got to spend a couple of hours soaking in its cosmic juices. There are some…

The Sinking City 2 Hands-on Preview - Sink or Swim

The Sinking City 2 follows Calvin Rafferty, who is searching for a way to wake his lover Faye from a coma caused by an eldritch ritual.

The Sinking City 2 Preview – Combat Evolved

Frogwares has long been known as the Sherlock Holmes developer, almost exclusively dedicating its creative output to adventures involving the iconic detective and his assistant Watson. But in 2019, the Ukrainian studio flipped the script and released The Sinking City – a Lovecraftian-inspired experience that added more action to the equation. Sure, it was largely a variation of the same theme, but it showed a changing of the guard of sorts – a d…

The Sinking City 2 Preview: Frogwares puts a survival horror spin on its eldritch setup

When developer Frogwares announced they would be taking a slightly different approach to the production of The Sinking City's follow-up, I immediately became very intrigued as to how this would ultimately look. The original game is an admirable project in many ways but it's also a detective puzzle-like experience for the most part, a game where you explore an unsettling world and uncover clues in the hunt for an answer to the overarching mystery…

After 2 hours, this new Lovecraftian horror game feels like a faithful mashup of Resident Evil and Silent Hill

Hands-on | The Sinking City 2 splices together great survival horror mechanics to create something truly gruesome, and its detective-like twist is keeping me hooked

The Sinking City 2 shifts the series to survival horror, and manages to be genuinely unsettling

The first game was atmospheric, but not really scary. Here's hoping the sequel gets it right.