The developers of The Sinking City have announced a remaster that will be free for all owners of the horror game. In line with this, you can get the horror game on Steam for €8.
What kind of game is this? The Sinking City is a horror detective game by developer Frogwares. As a private detective, you investigate occurrences in the partially submerged coastal city of Oakmont, whose residents are being corrupted by supernatural forces in the style of H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos.
Currently, The Sinking City on Steam without DLCs costs only €8. It might be worth a try, especially since the developers have already announced a remaster. This will come for PC (Steam, Epic Games Store) as well as for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in the form of a free update.
You can see a trailer for the game here:
Remaster breathes new life into the horror game
The remaster in Unreal Engine 5 promises:
- new lighting
- 4K textures and more detailed environments
- improved reflections
- a photo mode
- scaling options like DLSS, FSR, and TSR
So far, there are only a few screenshots from The Sinking City: Remastered available. However, they already make a good impression: light and shadow look significantly more realistic, and the environments no longer seem so empty.
That The Sinking City is getting a remaster at all is quite a surprise. On the one hand, Frogwares is already working on a sequel, and on the other hand, the game had a very chaotic start due to its turbulent development.
- The developers of The Sinking City were involved in a lengthy legal dispute with publisher Nacon, and the game was even temporarily removed from the Steam Store (via GameStar).
- In January 2024, the developers announced that they had won the legal dispute against Nacon and are now the intellectual property owners of The Sinking City (via PC Gamer).
When is The Sinking City: Remastered being released? The developers have not yet revealed when the update will be available. However, it is said to be “soon,” as stated by the developers in their announcement on Steam.
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