60
Creators of the Sherlock franchise have hurled themselves into a watery abyss full of monsters and completely drowned their own brilliant investigative formula. The world is open, but terribly empty, the fights are dull, and the RPG mechanisms are lacking. Only the investigation remains fun - and it is not enough.
80
Despite its shortcomings, the story and the oppressing atmosphere of The Sinking City recommend it as one of the best Lovecraft inspired game to date. If you can get past the clunky combat and technical issues, there's much to like in The Sinking City.
66
For the entire game you’ll have the feeling that something significant is going to happen soon – but it won’t. Story never takes a sharp turn, every interesting character is introduced in the first third of the game and there are no meaningful rewards to find in Oakmont openworld. [Issue#239, p.56]
6
Starts way to slow gets boring at time but other then that.good game good story
7
It took a while for the limitations of this game to be overcome by its strengths, but by the end I was ready to call it "underrated". Yes, it's clunky, full of repetitive content, has underwhelming combat, poor performance and is sometimes confusing but the overall dreary aesthetic, atmosphere of dread and despair, bizarre characters and story laden with ambiguous choices made it an ultimately rewarding experience.
1
1.5/10 Salvando la atmósfera, no recomendaría esta porquería a nadie.
La historia es simplemente lamentable, totalmente desacompasada con un "mundo abierto" completamente vacío.
TODOS los personajes que conoces son un resumen de 3 frases mediocres para que tomes una decisión que ni aporta, ni sirve absolutamente para nada en todo el juego. No vuelven a aparecer/no vuelves a verlos.
La "investigación" del loop jugable consiste en ir de punto A al B, luego al C y D... Ves una secuencia que te dice la solución y... ya. No pienses, no razones... el juego está hecho para que cualquiera con serios daños cerebrales pueda completarlo.
El combate, las animaciones... Absolutamente deleznable.
The Sinking City
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Jun 27, 2019
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Mixed or Average
71
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6.1
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Jun 27, 2019
90
It’s great to finally have a game that seems to put you right in the middle of one of H. P. Lovecraft’s worlds… that sense of strangeness that lies over everything like a fog that draws you in and embraces you in the oddness of it all is quite compelling. Best played at night with the lights off to truly become immersed in the world of The Sinking City.
Jun 25, 2019
81
A good example of how to craft a Mythos game. Not for the faint of heart. Cool fact: a gamer who knows nothing about the mythos will probably make all the wrong choices in the game.
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Dec 29, 2020
10
A really good take on a detective / crime story and lovecrafts mythos. The atmosphere is gorgeous (and somewhat fishy), and the game feels like a good mythos story with all the pulp needed. Just as it should be.
Jul 1, 2019
75
The Sinking City is a decent adaptation of Lovecraft’s work, meshing dark themes with a variety of great investigations that culminate into tricky decisions. If the combat was less clunky and the world more polished, it would have beckoned all to its desolate shore.
Jul 2, 2019
70
The Sinking City is a near-miss, and a unique foray into surivival horror. It doesn’t coddle you, and it certainly doesn’t do any hand-holding, which makes it a unique detective outing let down in its execution by a number of tiny flaws. A sequel that focuses on making cases less humdrum, and cuts back on the combat, could be a hell of an offering for devout fans of the detective genre. The game isn’t bad, but it’s hard to care about what you’re doing when many cases in The Sinking City are so banal.
Jul 3, 2019
68
While some of the quests do contain interesting stories, it’s not quite enough to make up for the weaknesses of the setting. I really wanted to like this game, and perhaps fans more interested in the source materials of Lovecraft or those interested in Frogwares’ evolving mechanics of detection will get a bigger kick out of it than I did.
Jul 22, 2019
60
A brilliant concept with some excellent ideas, let down badly by the game engine, inconsistent writing and plotting.
Jun 25, 2019
50
The Sinking City is well worth playing for the initial rhythm of its casework and the freshness of its setting, but its mechanics, like its mystery, end up flooded.
Sep 24, 2021
9
A normal game with a good storyline. The combination of many things in the lovecraft genre makes the gameplay truly interesting.
Nov 23, 2025
7
It took a while for the limitations of this game to be overcome by its strengths, but by the end I was ready to call it "underrated". Yes, it's clunky, full of repetitive content, has underwhelming combat, poor performance and is sometimes confusing but the overall dreary aesthetic, atmosphere of dread and despair, bizarre characters and story laden with ambiguous choices made it an ultimately rewarding experience.
Jan 7, 2021
7
I'm not gonna lie, this game has lots of issues : combat gameplay is horrible, menus freezing, bugs, repetitive (houses look like the same) but I give a 7 for the atmosphere; it's not a big budget game, you have to take that in consideration. I enjoyed playing it despite of these big flaws.
Jun 6, 2020
4
Solving cases is okay, but the badly made 'open world', clunky gameplay and awful npcs make this game too unimmersive for me to play. Shame, could've been an intriguing game if they developed it properly.
Jun 29, 2019
4
В этой игре плохо буквально все. 1. Абсолютно пустой опенворлд. По нему ходят болванчики родом из 2005 года. Там ничего не происходит. 3. 99% помещений будут лютой копипастой. Вплоть до расположения мебели и вещей. Учитывая что помещений в игре довольно мало, это очень плохо. 2. Хождение по адресам. Смотри как все происходит. Идет задание тебе говорят найти какого-то человека. Если известно где он, то открываешь карту и ищешь на ней "Район Зюзино, улица Затопленая, на пересечении улицы Гопницкой и Проспекта Обрыгалова". А потом ножками ищешь, так как номеров домов тупо нет. Если нет адреса, то идешь в Ратушу/Клинику/Газету/Библиотеку и ищешь адрес через архивы. И так постоянно. 3. Очень плохая боевка. 4. Только что. Прохожу значит майнквест и сталкивает меня игра с ребенком. Только вот разрабы не смогли нарисовать модельку ребенка и перед нами стандартная модель 180 сантиметрового мужика, которую я уже раз двадцать на улице видел. Эта игра настолько плохо сделана, что продолжаешь играть только для того чтобы посмотреть, что разработчики еще сделали не так.
SummaryThe Sinking City is an adventure and investigation game set in an open world inspired by the universe of H.P. Lovecraft, the master of Horror. The half-submerged city of Oakmont is gripped by supernatural forces. You’re a private investigator, and you have to uncover the truth of what has possessed the city… and the minds of its inhabita... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
