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The Sinking City 2 is a survival horror game set in the Roaring '20s, filled with Lovecraftian dread. Defy an eldritch deity, explore the drowned alleys of Arkham, and face the dead as you decide between one life and ...
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The Sinking City 2 is a third-person survival horror game set in the flooded streets of 1920s Arkham. Play as occult adventurer Calvin Rafferty, confront eldritch creatures, manage scarce resources, and face a choice that could determine the fate of an entire city.
The Sinking City 2 focuses on tense exploration, combat, and resource management. Players search flooded buildings and hostile streets for ammunition, medical supplies, weapons, and information while avoiding or confronting supernatural enemies. Limited resources make preparation important, encouraging careful exploration and deliberate decisions instead of constant aggression.
The game combines third-person shooting with environmental puzzles, optional investigations, and interconnected locations. Exploring beyond the main route can reveal valuable supplies and additional details about Arkham, but every detour may also lead to new dangers. As the supernatural flood changes the city, players must adapt to increasingly hostile environments and disturbing encounters.
The story follows Calvin Rafferty, an occult adventurer who arrives in Arkham after a ritual goes disastrously wrong. The city has been overwhelmed by a supernatural flood, its streets are stalked by the dead, and an eldritch power threatens everyone who remains.
Calvin must uncover the truth behind the disaster while searching for a way to save someone trapped within an unnatural dream. His journey eventually forces him to confront a terrible dilemma in which one life must be weighed against the survival of an entire city.
The Sinking City 2 presents Arkham as a gloomy vision of the Roaring Twenties consumed by water, decay, and cosmic horror. Flooded streets, deteriorating architecture, dim interiors, unnatural growths, and grotesque monsters create an oppressive atmosphere inspired by Lovecraftian fiction.
Detailed lighting, environmental effects, mist, reflections, and unsettling creature designs reinforce the feeling that Arkham is being transformed by forces beyond human control. The visual style combines period architecture with supernatural imagery to create a world that feels both historically grounded and deeply unnatural.
| Minimal requirements | Recommended requirements | |
|---|---|---|
 System | Windows 10 x64/Windows 11 x64 | Windows 10 x64/Windows 11 x64 |
 Processor | Intel Core i7-8700K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X | Core i5-14600K | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X |
 Memory | 12 GB RAM | |
 Graphics | AMD Radeon™ RX 7600 XT / NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060 | 7800 XT / NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4070 |
 Disk space | 70 GB available space | 70 GB available space |
 Other | Applies only to the demo version, release version requirements TBA. Targeting 1080p \ 30fps on Performance preset. SSD Required. The listed specifications were evaluated using TSR and comparable technologies. DirectX: Version 12 (Feature Level 12_0) required. | Applies only to the demo version, release version requirements TBA. Targeting 2160p. SSD Required. The listed specifications were evaluated using TSR and comparable technologies. DirectX: Version 12 (Feature Level 12_0) required. |
