Sinking City 2 PC Specs and Prices Revealed Ahead of August 18th Launch!

10 July 2026, Kyiv, Ukraine | Today, Frogwares has opened pre-orders for The Sinking City 2, its upcoming Lovecraftian survival horror game, which is launching on August 18, 2026, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. 

A new trailer featuring brand-new gameplay has been released alongside a look at much of the bonus in-game content available to players who pre-order the game.

PRICE REVEAL | UNDER THE GENRE'S GOING RATE

Frogwares has also announced the game's pricing, with the Standard Edition set at USD $49.99 / EUR €49.99 / GBP £41.35.

Seeing pre-orders go live is quite a surreal milestone for us. It means the game is basically at the finish line, and that's not something we were always sure would happen. The Sinking City 2 is the most ambitious game we've ever made, built under circumstances most studios never have to plan for by a team working remotely across Ukraine and beyond. Even now, with around two months till launch to go, we made the call to move the entire project over to Unreal Engine 5.8 because we believed the performance gains were worth the effort for our players. 

Our pricing follows the same philosophy. While most survival horror games today launch at $60 or more, we're launching at $49.99 because we want to be fair and give as many people as possible the chance to step into Arkham with us.  - Sergiy Oganesyan, Publishing Director, Frogwares.

 

PC SPECS REVEALED

Frogwares has also released its current minimum and recommended PC specs for the game.

MINIMUM: 

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system 
• OS: Windows 11 x64 
• PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-8700K | AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 
• MEMORY: 16 GB RAM 
• GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 | AMD RX 5700, 8GB 
• VRAM DIRECTX: Version 12 
• STORAGE: 70 GB available space, SSD required. 
• ADDITIONAL NOTES: Targeting 1080p \ 30fps on Low preset. The listed specifications were evaluated using TSR and comparable technologies. 

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RECOMMENDED: 

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system 
• OS: Windows 11 x64
• PROCESSOR: Core i5-14600K | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
• MEMORY: 32 GB RAM 
• GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti | AMD RX7900XT, 12GB VRAM
• DIRECTX: Version 12
• STORAGE: 70 GB available space, SSD required.

ADDITIONAL NOTES: Targeting 1440p \ 60fps on Balanced preset. Using TSR and comparable technologies should further improve performance.

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PRE-ORDER EDITIONS AND CONTENT

With pre-orders now live on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, players can choose from three editions, each offering bonus content in addition to the base game. 

• Standard Edition - Base game, Chthonic Arsenal pack - $49.99
• Deluxe Edition -  Base game, Chthonic Arsenal pack, and The Arkham Field Kit - $54.99 
• Premium Edition - Base game, Chthonic Arsenal pack, The Arkham Field Kit, Holloway Manor, and 24-hour advanced access - $59.99

The Chthonic Arsenal

Mythical weapons to give you options when the abyss fights back. Face Arkham in style. Wield the Chthonic Arsenal: the “Shale Mary” handgun, the “Breakwater” shotgun, and the “Tektite Tommy” SMG, each with its own look and features. 

The Arkham Field Kit

Face Arkham prepared. The Arkham Field Kit adds three outfits for the main character: “The Anatomist,” “The Witness,” and “Heretic Heraldry.” It also includes three Dream Essence to learn your first Talent early and a Resource Pack with a helpful mix of ammo, healing, and crafting items to aid your first steps in the city. 

The Holloway Manor

On the cliffs outside the city of Arkham, the Holloway Manor keeps its lights low. The house belongs to an old family whose history curdled into occult practice–the kind that Lovecraft would trace through buried lineages and rites that never quite ended. Rooms interlock like a puzzle box, dusty heirlooms open doors, and the house rewards your curiosity with paths you were not meant to find. See the job through, and the “Bucking Bronco” revolver you claim stays with you in the main game. 

Store Pages and Social Links:

https://link.frogwares.com/tsc2

About The Sinking City 2

The Sinking City 2 is set in a Lovecraftian vision of 1920s America, in the infamous city of Arkham. A supernatural flood has driven out all but the most deranged residents, leaving decay and eldritch horrors that roam the streets. Step into the role of Calvin Rafferty, an occult adventurer whose cavalier actions have led to devastating consequences. After a dreaming ritual goes wrong, his girlfriend, Faye, is left trapped in a mysterious sleep. Now Calvin must navigate the drowned streets of a derelict city in a desperate attempt to bring her back. On his quest, he’ll come face-to-face with a plague of otherworldly creatures, the Slither, who possess and twist the dead into lethal, walking puppets.

Game Features

Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired weapons to fight against Eldritch abominations.

• Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A world of rotting apartments, flooded markets, and abandoned hospitals that you’ll explore by foot and by boat. 
• Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind.
• Choose to Investigate Further: Explore your surroundings more deeply and solve optional cases and puzzles to uncover secrets, upgrades, and lore.
• A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a captivating and morally gray story of personal loss, woven through the Lovecraftian mythos of occultism and incomprehensible creatures 

ABOUT FROGWARES

Founded in 2000, Frogwares is an independent game development studio based in Ukraine and Ireland. We are behind the Sherlock Holmes series and a Lovecraftian detective-horror game series, The Sinking City. Thanks to the work of our talented team of artists and programmers, our games are available for all major platforms, including PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC, and Nintendo Switch.

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The Sinking City 2 Launching on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox in August!

Saturday, 6 June 2026, Kyiv, Ukraine | Today, Frogwares is proud to announce that its upcoming survival horror game, The Sinking City 2, will launch on August 18, 2026, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. 

The announcement was made during Summer Game Fest, accompanied by a brand-new trailer titled “Welcome to Arkham,” which premiered as part of the Future Games Show Summer Showcase. 

Steam Demo Release

As an additional surprise for players, the team has shadow-dropped a one-hour playable demo on Steam. The demo covers the opening hour of the full game and offers an early look at Frogwares’ take on survival horror. It also provides the first opportunity to properly meet the new protagonist, occult adventurer Calvin Rafferty, and begin uncovering the reasons behind his tragic and arduous journey into the flooded and Eldritch monster-infested city of Arkham. 

A Relief To Finally Glimpse the Finish Line

The Sinking City 2 has been in development at Frogwares since January 2023, with the majority of our 90+ person team based in Ukraine. The constant hurdles and hardships caused by russia’s invasion brought constant uncertainty and shifting timelines throughout production. The announcement of a release date marks a significant milestone, allowing the team to finally be able to see the game in full and assess the remaining work needed to bring the game to completion and prepare it for launch as a self-published title. 

Making games is already chaotic and unpredictable, so having a war going on at the same time adds a layer of immense chaos. We were forced to constantly adapt and change our plans. So many times we had to rethink and adjust how we were going to get things done. And often just as we’d finally adapted and got into the new flow of things, something else would be waiting around the corner to throw us into disarray. Rinse and repeat.

We went through entire winters where heat and power were regularly cut off throughout the day because our infrastructure was being intentionally targeted. We had days where someone would be part of the team, and then the next day we’d hear they had been called up to serve and needed to start handing over their work to the rest of us. You’d be in a meeting one minute discussing some trivial design question, and the next, half of us would be saying, “Hold on, the air raid sirens just went off.” We’ve had people disappear for days because, overnight, their home or apartment building was hit directly or indirectly, damaging their homes.

Even during the week we finally picked a release date internally as a team, our feelings of joy and relief were quickly dampened when, that very Sunday, cities across the country came under some of the worst attacks since the start of the war. It felt like some vindictive force reminding us not to celebrate too much because everything could still change in an instant.

But despite all this, we’re keeping our heads up. We’re beyond proud and in awe of how we’ve come together through all of this, and we’re happy to have finally brought the game to a point where we can see its release on the horizon.

— Sergiy Oganesyan, Head of Publishing, Frogwares

About The Sinking City 2

The Sinking City 2 is set in a Lovecraftian vision of 1920s America, in the infamous city of Arkham. A supernatural flood has driven out all but the most deranged residents, leaving decay and eldritch horrors that roam the streets. Step into the role of Calvin Rafferty, an occult adventurer whose cavalier actions have led to devastating consequences. After a dreaming ritual goes wrong, his girlfriend, Faye, is left trapped in a mysterious sleep. Now Calvin must navigate the drowned streets of a derelict city in a desperate attempt to bring her back. On his quest, he’ll come face to face with a plague of otherworldly creatures, the Slither, who possess and twist the dead into lethal, walking puppets.

Game Features

• Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired weapons to fight against Eldritch abominations.
• Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A world of rotting mansions, flooded markets, and abandoned hospitals that you’ll explore by foot and by boat. 
• Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind.
• Choose to Investigate Further: Explore your surroundings more deeply and solve optional cases and puzzles to uncover secrets, upgrades, and lore
• A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a captivating and morally gray story of personal loss, woven through the Lovecraftian mythos of occultism and incomprehensible creatures 

Article by: Susan N.

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Survival Horror Game The Sinking City 2 Launches in August 2026!

Saturday, 6 June 2026, Kyiv, Ukraine | Today, Frogwares is proud to announce that its upcoming survival horror game, The Sinking City 2, will launch on August 18, 2026, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. 

The announcement was made during Summer Game Fest, accompanied by a brand-new trailer titled “Welcome to Arkham,” which premiered as part of the Future Games Show Summer Showcase. 

Steam Demo Release

As an additional surprise for players, the team has shadow-dropped a one-hour playable demo on Steam. The demo covers the opening hour of the full game and offers an early look at Frogwares’ take on survival horror. It also provides the first opportunity to properly meet the new protagonist, occult adventurer Calvin Rafferty, and begin uncovering the reasons behind his tragic and arduous journey into the flooded and Eldritch monster-infested city of Arkham. 

A Relief To Finally Glimpse the Finish Line

The Sinking City 2 has been in development at Frogwares since January 2023, with the majority of our 90+ person team based in Ukraine. The constant hurdles and hardships caused by russia’s invasion brought constant uncertainty and shifting timelines throughout production. The announcement of a release date marks a significant milestone, allowing the team to finally be able to see the game in full and assess the remaining work needed to bring the game to completion and prepare it for launch as a self-published title. 

Making games is already chaotic and unpredictable, so having a war going on at the same time adds a layer of immense chaos. We were forced to constantly adapt and change our plans. So many times we had to rethink and adjust how we were going to get things done. And often just as we’d finally adapted and got into the new flow of things, something else would be waiting around the corner to throw us into disarray. Rinse and repeat.

We went through entire winters where heat and power were regularly cut off throughout the day because our infrastructure was being intentionally targeted. We had days where someone would be part of the team, and then the next day we’d hear they had been called up to serve and needed to start handing over their work to the rest of us. You’d be in a meeting one minute discussing some trivial design question, and the next, half of us would be saying, “Hold on, the air raid sirens just went off.” We’ve had people disappear for days because, overnight, their home or apartment building was hit directly or indirectly, damaging their homes.

Even during the week we finally picked a release date internally as a team, our feelings of joy and relief were quickly dampened when, that very Sunday, cities across the country came under some of the worst attacks since the start of the war. It felt like some vindictive force reminding us not to celebrate too much because everything could still change in an instant.

But despite all this, we’re keeping our heads up. We’re beyond proud and in awe of how we’ve come together through all of this, and we’re happy to have finally brought the game to a point where we can see its release on the horizon.

— Sergiy Oganesyan, Head of Publishing, Frogwares

About The Sinking City 2

The Sinking City 2 is set in a Lovecraftian vision of 1920s America, in the infamous city of Arkham. A supernatural flood has driven out all but the most deranged residents, leaving decay and eldritch horrors that roam the streets. Step into the role of Calvin Rafferty, an occult adventurer whose cavalier actions have led to devastating consequences. After a dreaming ritual goes wrong, his girlfriend, Faye, is left trapped in a mysterious sleep. Now Calvin must navigate the drowned streets of a derelict city in a desperate attempt to bring her back. On his quest, he’ll come face to face with a plague of otherworldly creatures, the Slither, who possess and twist the dead into lethal, walking puppets.

Game Features

• Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired weapons to fight against Eldritch abominations.
• Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A world of rotting mansions, flooded markets, and abandoned hospitals that you’ll explore by foot and by boat. 
• Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind.
• Choose to Investigate Further: Explore your surroundings more deeply and solve optional cases and puzzles to uncover secrets, upgrades, and lore
• A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a captivating and morally gray story of personal loss, woven through the Lovecraftian mythos of occultism and incomprehensible creatures 

Article by: Susan N.

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Dragonis Games Launches Necrophosis: Full Consciousness First Person Horror Title!

Necrophosis: Full Consciousness, the Lovecraftian first-person horror experience from Dragonis Games, launches 28 May 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. 

Key Features

• Roam the cursed lands: Awaken as consciousness itself in a realm of death, a world consumed by Necrophosis. Explore freely through its dark macabre landscapes where all things rot and decay eternally.
• Echoes of the dying cosmos: Navigate eerie landscapes, grotesque architecture and haunting visuals that bring Lovecraftian and cosmic horror to life.
• Uncover hidden truths: Delve into evocative narrative poems and unravel the world’s enigmatic backstory while engaging with decayed gods caught in an eternal cycle of death and rebirth.
• Master chilling puzzles: Solve unsettling puzzles as you explore a world consumed by rot. Certain challenges demand brain detachment and possession, while others rely on careful observation.
• Confront the unnatural: Face gods, eldritch entities, and Lovecraftian beings who have taken refuge here, learning their histories and the horrors they embody.
• Haunting soundscapes: Each environment features minimalist, droning ambience, layered with whispers, distant groans, and echoing cryptic voices that heighten tension and unease.
• Second Awakening: Return to the realm of death in the Necrophosis: Subconsciousness expansion. Explore new landscapes, entities, and stories as your journey leads ever deeper.

PlayStation: https://store.playstation.com/en-gr/concept/10017979/

Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/necrophosis-full-consciousness/9nhpjq77nc1w

About the Game

A first-person psychological horror adventure set in a surreal world of eternal decay, inspired by the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński and the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. Players awaken as Consciousness inside a decaying vessel, exploring grotesque environments, solving unsettling puzzles, and uncovering fragments of a long-forsaken cosmos.

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Lovecraftian Title 'The Sinking City 2' Has New Extensive Gameplay Trailer!

7 May 2026, Kyiv, Ukraine | Today, Frogwares revealed an extensive gameplay trailer for The Sinking City 2. Exploration, combat, and eldritch monstrosities take center stage in the flooded city of Arkham, while the first glimpses of the game’s Lovecraftian horror story are also unveiled.

The Sinking City 2 is set in a Lovecraftian vision of 1920s America, in the infamous city of Arkham. A supernatural flood has driven out all but the most deranged residents, leaving decay and eldritch horrors that roam the streets. Step into the role of Calvin Rafferty, an occult adventurer whose cavalier actions have led to devastating consequences. After a dreaming ritual goes wrong, his girlfriend, Faye, is left trapped in a mysterious sleep. Now Calvin must navigate the drowned streets of a derelict city in a desperate attempt to bring her back. On his quest, he’ll come face to face with a plague of otherworldly creatures, the Slither, who possess and twist the dead into lethal, walking puppets.

Game Features

• Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired firearms and melee weapons to fight against Eldritch abominations.
• Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A world of rotting mansions, flooded markets, and abandoned hospitals that you’ll explore by foot and by boat. 
• Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind.
• Choose to Investigate Further: Explore your surroundings more deeply and solve optional cases and puzzles to uncover secrets, upgrades, and lore.
• A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a captivating and morally gray story of personal loss, woven through the Lovecraftian mythos of cults, rituals, and incomprehensible creatures.

Continuing to Push the Studio in a New Direction

With The Sinking City 2, Frogwares is fully embracing its original vision to steer the studio toward a “horror-first” approach, designing gameplay that emphasizes combat, exploration, and the rich Lovecraftian setting.

Our idea to take a chance with The Sinking City 2 and create something more in the survival horror genre has really come together. The leaps and progress we’ve made are clear to all of us on the team, and now we’re eager to see how it resonates with players, both new and our existing fans. 

While the genre shift has allowed us to really grow creatively, we’re holding onto the investigative roots we’re known for. We’ve prioritized combat, survival, and exploration, with investigation as a beneficial layer for those who want that aspect of the game. 

And of course, we’ve made sure to wrap everything in a memorable, mature narrative, which our fans know and love us for. This time around, the story is more personal to our protagonist, while still delivering our signature Frogwares take on gray morality and Lovecraftian themes.

— Alexander Gresko, Game Director, Frogwares

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Horror Adventure Game The Shore: Enhanced Edition Available on PlayStation 5

Athens, Greece, April 30, 2026 | The Shore: Enhanced Edition is available now on PlayStation 5. Dragonis Games and Iphigames have brought the acclaimed Lovecraftian horror adventure to consoles for the first time, delivering the most complete and refined version of the game to date. The Xbox Series X|S version is planned for later in 2026.

Available on PlayStation Store: https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/the-shore-enhanced-edition

Following years of requests from the community, The Shore: Enhanced Edition is available now on PlayStation 5, the first time the acclaimed Lovecraftian adventure has come to console.

"Bringing The Shore to PlayStation 5 is something I have been dreaming about for a long time. The response from the community over the years has been overwhelming and today we finally get to deliver.”

— Ares Dragonis, Founder, Dragonis Games

Key Features

• Explore the Forbidden Island: A dark and abandoned island inspired by Lovecraftian horror, with villages, ruins and strange landscapes.
• Cosmic Horror Atmosphere: Dark visuals, huge creatures, and unsettling locations create a constant feeling of dread.
• Uncover a Tragic Story: Learn Andrew’s story through exploration, notes and events that reveal the island’s past.
• Solve Eerie Puzzles: Solve environmental puzzles using logic, observation and strange objects.
• Face Eldritch Entities: Encounter frightening creatures beyond human understanding.
• Artifacts of the Old Gods: Use powerful ancient items to survive and move forward, but every power has a cost.
• Immersive Sound Design: Sounds, whispers, and silence build tension and pull you deeper into the world.

Availability

The Shore: Enhanced Edition is now available on PlayStation 5 for $21.49.

Its physical edition with Necrophosis: Full Consciousness as a complete package will be available on the 28th of May 2026 in collaboration with PQube.

About Dragonis Games

Dragonis Games is an independent game studio founded by Ares Dragonis, focused on creating atmospheric, story-driven experiences inspired by cosmic and psychological horror. Previous titles include The Shore, Eresys and Necrophosis.

About Iphigames

Iphigames is a game development studio based in Athens, Greece, supporting distinctive and ambitious projects and helping developers bring their creative visions to console and global audiences.

About PQube

PQube is a leading international creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment. The company’s teams worldwide are committed to publishing games they love by working closely with development partners and reaching consumers globally on all major gaming platforms.

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Drill Deep announced - a game that lets you dig your way into madness

May 7 - Paris, France Crossbridge Games, a developer behind Salty Dogs and Lost Railway, is thrilled to announce Drill Deep, a coalpunk Lovecraftian roguelite clicker. Coming to Steam in 2026, Drill Deep invites players to pick up a pickaxe and descend toward something that was never meant to be found.

Roguelite nature of Drill Deep will have players descending into the Mine time after time to mine coal, ore, whatever else the earth is hiding there. Remember to work fast: soon the corruption will take hold of you, your canary and all the operation on the surface. At this point, take what you managed to unearth and use it to craft permanent upgrades for the next run. The cycle begins anew and you descend once again. Maybe this time you’ll be able to last at least a minute.

Watch the Official Announcement Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh9CBx-HKlo

Drill Deep begins in the familiar flow of incremental progress. You click away at the blocks while also managing the operation by expanding the surface base, optimizing and upgrading. The surface camp grows, smokestacks rise, progress charts tick upward. It's almost cozy out there. Definitely better than the gallows.

Yet there is something else down there. As you descend, the rock gets older and the reality warps. You start finding unusual formations, otherworldly fossils, even inscriptions in unknown languages. The workers don't comment on them. At first, neither do you.

And then you stop sleeping well. The Mine is calling you.

Horror doesn't chase you in Drill Deep. You're walking toward it one block at a time, and you won't notice until you're already lost. The dread scales with progression: reality strains quietly, incrementally, the deeper you go. No jump scares, no monsters chasing you. Just the growing certainty that something was down here long before humanity even existed, and that it knows you're coming.

Wishlist the game on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4268970

Drill Deep is a coalpunk idle clicker about digging the world's deepest hole. You start with a cozy incremental loop, descend into madness of haunted mine and end somewhere you shouldn't have gone

Key Features:

• Idle-clicker with real depth - a simple loop that gradually unfolds into a layered upgrade and building system with meaningful choices

• Surface base building - construct and expand your industrial camp to unearth what lies below

• Buried lore - every unearthed object and broken block hints at a world that existed long before humanity came to existence. Some of it bites back.

• Incremental dread - horror that scales with progression. The deeper you dig, the more reality strains at the seams

• Horror for non-horror players - no jump scares, no punishment for exploring. The dread just waits for you to reach the bottom

• Roguelite mode - high replayability with procedural generation for those who want to return to the dark

ABOUT US

GAMES BUILT WITH PASSION & PURPOSE

Crossbridge Game Studios is an independent studio driven by a love for bold storytelling and unforgettable gameplay. From precision RC simulators to chaotic underwater co-op and pixel art adventures, we build across genres without compromise.

Our team brings together artists, designers, and developers united by one goal: craft experiences that resonate long after you put the controller down.

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Survival Horror Fans Patiently Await The Sinking City 2 Release Until First Half of 2026

21 October 2025 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Today, Frogwares announced that The Sinking City 2, their upcoming Lovecraftian survival horror game, will be shifting its release window to the first half of 2026.

While no official release date had been set previously, the team had initially been aiming for a potential surprise 2025 launch and had even been hinting at that to fans. 

However, they’ve now decided it’s best to clearly communicate that they need to take more time to finish the game on their own terms. The main reasons for this decision are the ongoing war in Ukraine and the significant genre shift the studio is undertaking with The Sinking City 2 compared to their previous titles.

"Developing a game during a war isn’t something you can ever really prepare for, but something you need to keep adapting to. At one point, we were losing power for days as drones and missiles hit our power grid. When that tactic stopped working, it became mass drone swarms every other night, going from midnight until dawn. You work all day, then spend the sleepless night listening for explosions, and somehow still need to function the next morning… These things all slowed us down regularly to the point where it just doesn’t make sense to try to rush what we have left to meet a date that we no longer feel is worth chasing. How moscow’s tactics to terrorize civilians will change again as winter comes is anyone's guess, so we’d rather be ready to adapt again, knowing we’re able to take our time. ” - Sergiy Oganesyan, Head of Publishing, Frogwares

The studio also noted that developing a fully fledged survival horror game for the first time brings its own set of new learning curves.

“Switching to survival horror for the first time has been a whole new kind of challenge for us in itself, too. We’ve been making investigation adventures for more than twenty years, but survival horror asks for a completely different kind of design thinking. Tension, pacing, combat, etc. We’ve always loved the genre as fans, but once you start building it yourself, you realize how much you still have to do. It’s exciting, but it definitely makes development slower.” Alexander Gresko, Lead Game Designer, Frogwares

The move to a 2026 release window does not come with an exact date, as the team acknowledges that circumstances can change at any moment.

”We don’t have an exact date set for 2026 yet, but we thought it was better to at least share what we do know. We’d rather be certain than announce something now only to move it again. Rest assured, we’re currently aiming for the first half of 2026, so it’s a matter of months, not years.”  - Sergiy Oganesyan, Head of Publishing, Frogwares

The team has also said they will be sharing a lot more from the game as it enters the final stages of production, with today’s news coming with 13 new screenshots showcasing the game’s setting, enemies, and signature Lovecraftian atmosphere.

“Alongside the 13 new screenshots shared today, we’ll also be showing a lot more gameplay over the next few months to let everyone see how development is going. The Sinking City 2 is the first time we’ve done big, private beta tests with our community so early in the development process, and their feedback has been instrumental in shaping the game. Because of this, we’ve actually been a lot less stressed about showing stuff publicly to try to gauge reception. But we're keen to now start showing more people what we’ve been working away on all this time.” - Anna Bieniek, Senior Social Media Manager, Frogwares

 

ABOUT THE GAME

The Sinking City 2 is a survival-horror game, set in a Lovecraftian 1920s United States. In the infamous city Arkham, a supernatural flood has driven out all but the most deranged residents and brought decay and Eldritch monsters to the streets.

Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired firearms and melee weapons to fight against Eldritch-inspired admonitions.

 

Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A world of decaying mansions, flooded markets and abandoned hospitals that you’ll explore by foot and by boat.

 

Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind.

 

Choose to Investigate Further: Solve optional cases and puzzles that let you investigate your surroundings deeper to uncover secrets, alternate options, and more lore.

 

A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a morally grey and captivating story focused on personal loss and woven around the Lovecraftian mythos of cults, rituals, and incomprehensible creatures.

Article by: Susan N.

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Every Case is a Story and Every Choice Leaves a Scar in Obsidian Moon

24th July, 2025 | Step into the smoke-filled alleys of a city drowning in secrets. Obsidian Moon, a text-based detective adventure set in the 1930s, has just been revealed with an announcement trailer. Created by Lost Cabinet Games, the title promises a psychological descent into a series of murders that tie into a growing, otherworldly conspiracy hidden beneath the city’s surface.

As Carter, a once-respected homicide detective haunted by grief and failure, you’ll be asked to solve a string of interconnected cases through logic, instinct, and the steady collapse of your own sanity. 

Armed with vintage forensics, gritty intuition, and limited time, you’ll follow leads, interrogate suspects, and make costly choices that may bring you closer to the truth, or break you entirely.

“We wanted to build a detective game that gives players true investigative freedom, not just to solve the case, but to lose themselves in the process’’, said Game Director, Yannis Antonakakis

‘’The entire design is built around one question: what if all the clues were laid out in front of you, and the only thing standing between order and chaos was your mind?”

Inspired by Lovecraftian horror, 1930s noir, and Mediterranean chthonic mythologies, Obsidian Moon melds storytelling with genre-bending mechanics that echo titles like Stacklands, Papers, Please, and Cultist Simulator. Every case is a story. Every choice leaves a scar.

Key Gameplay Features:

• 10 sinister murder cases that converge into a wider conspiracy, bound by blood, shadow, and secrets.
• Player-driven investigation – interrogate witnesses, run forensic reports, dig into criminal records… or use your magnum to extract a confession (seriously don't do this)
• A noir descent into madness – choose between stability or spiraling; every lead costs you time, money… and maybe your mind.
• Multiple modes – including a Hardcore permadeath mode and immersive Noir black-and-white filter.
• Three narrative lenses – track the crumbling psyche of Carter, the reactions of Chief O’Hara, and the naive wonder of your partner, “The Kid.”

About Lost Cabinet Games:

Lost Cabinet Games was born out of love for video games. We long for the magic that made the early days of gaming truly special and for the thrills of future technology.

Our vision is to create transcending experiences for all players, by carrying on the essence the 80's and 90's video games and projecting it boldly into the future.

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The Sinking City Remastered Available Right Now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S!

13 May 2025 - Kyiv, Ukraine | Today, The Sinking City Remastered has surprise launched on PC, PS5, and Xbox X/S! Despite secret occult schemes in place to do so from the start, the Eldritch Gods are now likely annoyed that filthy mortals will think they are just copying some “other” remaster.

Frogwares' cherished Lovecraftian-inspired open-world detective thriller also received a new trailer showing comparative footage of the original and the remaster.

WHAT’S IN THE SINKING CITY REMASTER?

Originally released in June 2019 and developed on Unreal Engine 4, The Sinking City Remastered has been rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 and adds an upgraded visual experience alongside some requested quality-of-life features. The core additions to the remaster include:

• Game fully relit in Unreal Engine 5
• Enhanced locations with additional levels of detail and objects
• 4K textures and improved reflections
• Photo Mode
• Support for DLSS, FSR and TSR upscaling
• Various gameplay adjustments, certain accessibility features and more

The remaster is available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S platforms and has been made for free to all existing owners of the game..

”We plan to do big things with The Sinking City IP, starting with the sequel and then beyond. So, after our rather well-known struggles with the original, it feels amazing to have this positive moment be part of the game’s twisted history and for us to be the ones to fully decide it. Making it free to all our existing fans is our way of giving back to them for having supported us all this time through thick and thin.” - Sergiy Oganesyan, Publishing Director, Frogwares

THE SINKING CITY 2 KICKSTARTER WRAPS WITH MONSTEROUS RESULTS

The Sinking City Remastered was originally announced in March 2025 as part of the The Sinking City 2 Kickstarter campaign which concluded in early April. Frogwares’ initial funding goal of 100,000 EUR  / 113,420 USD was reached in less than two hours, and the final campaign ended with +553,100 EUR / 627,310 USD, which is +450% above their initial target.

The Sinking City 2 Kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frogwares/the-sinking-city-2

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A Sneak Peek At Something Sinister | The Sinking City 2 Shows First Gameplay Teaser | Game’s Official Kickstarter Campaign Now Live

Frogwares’ plunge into survival-horror that focuses on combat, exploration, Lovecraftian setting + story | Coming to PC, PS5 and XBX in 2025.

Thursday, 6 March, 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine | Today Frogwares has revealed the first gameplay footage from The Sinking City 2 alongside the launch of the official Kickstarter campaign.

 
The Sinking City 2 is a survival-horror game, set in a Lovecraftian 1920s United States. In the infamous city of Arkham, a supernatural flood has driven out all but the most deranged residents and brought decay and Eldritch monsters to the streets.
 

The first gameplay teaser, which shows off combat, a dash exploration, and the optional investigation, has been released alongside the game’s official Kickstarter campaign.

First Gameplay Teaser

  

Kickstarter Page:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frogwares/the-sinking-city-2

With War Still Raging, Frogwares Turns to Community via Kickstarter

Ukraine is still in a state of war that impacts the lives of everyone in the country.  Frogwares has therefore opted to use Kickstarter once again to create a safety net for the studio, to help secure some additional features for the game, and to get more direct access to its most diehard fans.

“After 3 years of this horrid war hanging over our daily lives, we've learned to adapt, though it has never been easy. In 2023 when we released Sherlock Holmes The Awakened with the help of Kickstarter and our loving fans, we built ourselves a safety net that saved us more than once. From power outages and the need for team members to relocate on short notice, to having to pause development for days, this safety net was crucial. Given that The Sinking City 2 is a far more complex and demanding game, we’ve decided to take the same route as before.”  - Wael Amr, CEO, Frogwares

The Kickstarter campaign has a target of 100,000 EUR / 105,000 USD and offers a selection of rewards to fans, with the focal point being 2 physical Collector's Editions that will be made available only to Kickstarter backers.

Alongside the campaign, the team has also released a 5+ min deep dive dev diary showcasing the current state of development, additional in-game footage and more.

Development Deep Dive

 

Game Features

•     Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired firearms and melee weapons to fight against Eldritch-inspired admonitions.


•     Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A world of decaying mansions, flooded markets and abandoned hospitals that you’ll explore by foot and by boat.


•     Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind.


•     Choose to Investigate Further: Solve optional cases and puzzles that let you investigate your surroundings deeper to uncover secrets, alternate options, and more lore.


•     A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a morally grey and captivating story focused on personal loss and woven around the Lovecraftian mythos of cults, rituals, and incomprehensible creatures.

     

Still Pushing The Studio in a New Direction

With the Sinking City 2, Frogwares is going full steam ahead with its original pledge to pivot the studio to a “horror-first” focus with gameplay primarily built around combat, exploration, and its Lovecraftian setting.

“When we announced The Sinking City 2 back in 2024, we stated this is going to be our chance to shift our studio into creating games that are more “horror first” focused and the results we’re all seeing internally are extremely promising. We’re not ditching our investigation roots entirely but the chance to spread and challenge our norms has really helped the team grow.  We’ve placed combat and exploration first while still keeping an air of investigation that adds depth but is entirely optional” - Sergiy Oganesyan, Publishing Director, Frogwares
 

 

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Play Lovecraftian Visual Novel 'HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising' on Steam Now!

February 19th, 2025 | Paris, France - Why Not AI and Touched by Grace studios announce the availability of a demo on Steam and unveil the launch trailer for HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising, due for release on February 19.

HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising is a Lovecraftian visual novel in which your choices have an impact on the mental health of the character you play, and on the fate of the world. Play Victor, Anna and Mark as they face the cosmic threat of Nyarlathotep in the late 1920s.

Unique Features

• Lovecraftian Themes and Lore: The game stays true to H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror, creating a chilling and mysterious atmosphere.
• Oversized experience: Between 15 to 18 hours of exploration and gameplay.
• Player Choices: Impactful decisions lead to varied story paths and multiple endings for high replayability with up to15 different endings for each character.
• Narrative-driven Gameplay: Experience engaging dialogue, relationships, secrets and exploration as you tell your story, along with atmospheric contemporary illustrations.
• Character Development: Control three unique characters and experience the story through each of their different perspectives with all three characters appearing in each telling.
• Psychological Horror: Choices influence characters' sanity and statistics as they face unimaginable horrors.
• Worldwide Investigation: Travel to diverse locations, gather information, and find powerful items.

About Why Not AI

Why Not AI is a production company specializing in Animation and Interaction for video games, animated series, and tabletop games. Led by one of the founders of Cryo Interactive and Virgin Interactive France. Why Not AI's first video game, 'HPL-Nyarlathotep Rising', due for release in Q1 2025, was born out of our worst nightmares and our devotion to the worlds imagined by HP Lovecraft.

About Touched By Grace

Touched By Grace is a French videogame publisher, created by three videogame specialists, totalizing a lifetime experience in the entertainment industry, from development to distribution. Among others, the publisher is co-owner of the "HPL-Nyarlathotep Rising" license.

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Psychological Horror Game HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising Releasing on February 19th!

January 17 - Paris, France - Why Not AI and Touched by Grace studios announce the release of HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising on Steam on February 19, 2025, and present an introductory podcast to the game. A pure Lovecraftian adventure where you play as Mark, Anna, and Victor in this visual novel of psychological horror where all choices matter.

Wishlist HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1759160/HPL_Nyarlathotep_Rising/

In mid-1929, Nyarlathotep is about to take over the world. Play as Anna, Mark and Victor, souls in the grip of their demons, whose every choice will affect their sanity and the fate of the world. Will you become a zealot of The Crawling Chaos, or try to stand against him?

'HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising' is an immersive visual novel with a Lovecraftian atmosphere, supported by captivating settings, complex characters and an intriguing soundtrack. This oversized RPG novel offers a wide range of readings and possible endings that evolve according to the characters and your choices.

 

Unique Features 

• Lovecraftian Themes and Lore: The game stays true to H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror, creating a chilling and mysterious atmosphere.
• Oversized experience: Between 15 to 18 hours of exploration and gameplay.
• Player Choices: Impactful decisions lead to varied story paths and multiple endings for high replayability with up to15 different endings for each character.
• Narrative-driven Gameplay: Experience engaging dialogue, relationships, secrets and exploration as you tell your story, along with atmospheric contemporary illustrations.
• Character Development: Control three unique characters and experience the story through each of their different perspectives with all three characters appearing in each telling.
• Psychological Horror: Choices influence characters' sanity and statistics as they face unimaginable horrors.
• Worldwide Investigation: Travel to diverse locations, gather information, and find powerful items.

Introductory Podcast: https://vimeo.com/1042970834

About Why Not AI

Why Not AI is a production company specializing in Animation and Interaction for video games, animated series, and tabletop games. Led by one of the founders of Cryo Interactive and Virgin Interactive France. Why Not AI's first video game, 'HPL-Nyarlathotep Rising', due for release in Q1 2025, was born out of our worst nightmares and our devotion to the worlds imagined by HP Lovecraft.

About Touched By Grace

Touched By Grace is a French videogame publisher, created by three videogame specialists, totalizing a lifetime experience in the entertainment industry, from development to distribution. Among others, the publisher is co-owner of the "HPL-Nyarlathotep Rising" license.

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Play the Hack and Slash Game 'Liberte' on PC and Xbox Platforms Today!

November 27th, 2024 | Liberte, a hack'n'slash game inspired by the 18th century French Revolution with card game and roguelite elements, will be released on PlayStation 5 this November 29. The title features a dynamic combat system and a unique card system including more than 100 skill and talent cards. Liberte draws on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and the storyline combines political intrigue with the occult. The game offers a single-player campaign and local co-op modes for up to 4 players. Liberte was previously released for PC and Xbox Series X|S.

The title was developed by Polish studio Superstatic and appeared first on PC and recently on Xbox Series X|S. Ultimate Games S.A. is responsible for the development and release of Liberte on PlayStation 5.

Liberte is a hack'n'slash game, which is also distinguished by elements of a card game and roguelite. The gameplay is based on exploration and combat, in which the player can use both white and firearms. A unique system of dynamic combat allows one to create almost any combination from more than 100 available skill and talent cards. At the same time, Liberte offers single-player campaigns and local co-op modes (up to 4 players simultaneously).

Developers from the Superstatic studio were inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft, body horror films by David Cronenberg, and historical events from the French Revolution, among others.

In Liberte, the player finds himself in an alternate version of 18th-century Paris during a revolution. The chaos associated with the revolution is compounded by a being from another dimension, the mysterious Lady

Bliss. The player takes on the role of Rene, whom Lady Bliss chooses to find a new ruler from among the representatives of the four factions vying for power. As the player progresses, he can take on other characters as well.

Liberte – main features:

• a hack'n'slash in the reality of the French Revolution;
• Lovecraftian mysteries;
• dynamic battles
• a plot that combines political intrigue with the occult;
• unique card system.

Liberte will be released on PlayStation 5 on November 29, 2024.

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The Sinking City 2's Mystery is Releasing in 2025!

6 March, Kyiv Ukraine | In partnership with Microsoft and their 2024 Spring Showcase, Frogwares has revealed The Sinking City 2, a game that will be taking the developer in a newer direction.

The Sinking City 2 is a survival-horror game, set in Lovecraftian 1920s United States. It takes place in the infamous city Arkham, now plagued by a supernatural flood that has brought decay and Eldritch monsters to its streets. Fight nightmarish abominations, explore a rotting city as the rising waters change the landscape, and discover what dark mysteries brought you to this forsaken place. The Sinking City 2 will feature a new, stand-alone story separate from the one told in the original game.

Game Features

• Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired firearms and melee weapons to fight against Eldritch-inspired admonitions.
• Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A semi-open world of decaying mansions, flooded markets and abandoned hospitals. As you progress the flood waters will rise, changing the layout of locations when you return.
• Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind
• Choose to Investigate Further: Solve optional puzzles that let you investigate your surroundings deeper to uncover secrets, alternate options, and more lore
• A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a morally grey and captivating story set around the Lovecraft mythos of cults, mutant creatures and incomprehensible gods

Reinventing The Studio - New Genre and Unreal Engine 5

With the Sinking City 2, Frogwares hopes to pivot the studio to a “horror-first” focus with gameplay primarily built around combat, exploration, and its Lovecraftian setting + story. The team has also finally been able to move over to Unreal Engine 5 to utilize the technological leaps and bounds the engine is offering developers.

“The original Sinking City is still one of our most successful titles, most likely because of stronger horror genre leanings and setting. We created quite a few detective adventures in the past, so now we’re going to mix things up to keep doing what people love about us - meaning story-rich experiences - while still being able to evolve. It’s exciting but at the same time risky. We’re a totally independent studio that for the past 24 years has become known for detective games. But we need to start taking bolder moves. The industry is changing around us and we want to secure the studio’s future.” - Sergiy Oganesyan, Publishing Director, Frogwares

Be a Detective Only If You So Choose

On top of strong storytelling, The Sinking City 2 will have Frogwares’ other hallmark feature - the ability to be a cunning detective. However, this time around the feature will be entirely optional. Players can decide when and where to put on their sleuthing caps to unveil new secrets, lore, ways to progress etc...

“We want investigation to be a beneficial part of the game but just for those who want it, offering tangible gameplay bonuses and eureka moments without it being a requirement to progress. By taking time to piece together clues, you’ll arm yourself with more knowledge and awareness of your options vs just coming across them by chance. We are also doing this for our existing fans who have come to love this feature from us, so they don’t feel left out. For those not keen on combat and survival-horror mechanics, we will also have various accessibility features to help.”  - Denys Chebotarov, Executive Producer, Frogwares

As War Still Rages, Frogwares Turns to Community

As Ukraine is still in a state of war, Frogwares has decided to turn to Kickstarter again to create a safety net for the studio as well as help secure some additional features for the game.

“At this stage, we have learned and adapted to our reality but the ongoing war adds an ominous layer of uncertainty, and the additional funds will help us deal with potential disruptions on top of helping fund various extra features we would love to implement. Our previous game, Sherlock Holmes The Awakened, was fully developed and released during the war. Through Kickstarter and our supporters, we built ourselves a safety net that saved us more than once. From power cuts as our electrical infrastructure was targeted for months to the need for team members to relocate at very short notice, this financial safety net proved invaluable to us. So we need to do the same now with The Sinking City 2 as this game is vastly bigger and more complex.“ - Wael Amr, CEO, Frogwares

The campaign is expected to launch soon, but for now, fans can sign up to be informed by Kickstarter once the campaign goes live:

Kickstarter Coming Soon

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frogwares/the-sinking-city-2

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A Sinister Path is Revealed in the Lovecraftian Narrative RPG 'HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising'

Paris, France – August 7th: As the release on Steam of HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising, the oversized Lovecraftian narrative RPG, draws near, Why Not AI and Touched by Grace studios are thrilled to announce the availability of an exclusive demo during the Visual Novel Festival on Steam. From August 7th to August 14th, players will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a first glimpse of HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising, where an intricate veil of mystery and ominous choices await.

Play the demo and Wishlist HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising on Steam to be among the first to experience the cosmic terror that lies ahead: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1759160/HPL_Nyarlathotep_Rising/

Scheduled for an official release in early November 2023, HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising promises an immersive and enigmatic psychological horror experience that will captivate players. Within the eerie confines of the demo, the souls of Mark, Anna, and Victor await your guidance and the fate of humanity hangs precariously in the balance as they confront a malevolent cosmic threat. Nyarlathotep, the Ancient One, strains to be reborn in its earthly incarnation; cultists are gathering to perform their dreaded ritual: can you stop them?   "We are excited to offer players a preview into the world of HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising with our demo during the Visual Novel Festival on Steam," said Jean-Martial Lefranc, CEO at Why Not AI. “We believe the game offers a unique approach into the Lovecraft universe – still, we need to hear back from as many testers as possible in order to improve their experience before the official release.”

Prepare to embark on a harrowing journey where your choices resonate with cosmic significance. Experience the haunting beauty and unsettling narrative of Lovecraft's universe as HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising beckons brave souls to traverse the realm of Lovecraftian horror during the Visual Novel Festival on Steam.

Unique Features Lovecraftian Themes and Lore: The game stays true to H.P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror, creating a chilling and mysterious atmosphere Oversized experience: Between 15 to 18 hours of exploration and gameplay. Player Choices: Impactful decisions lead to varied story paths and multiple endings for high replayability with over 15 different endings for each character. Narrative-driven Gameplay: experience engaging dialogue, relationships, secrets, and exploration as you tell your story, along with atmospheric contemporary illustrations. Character Development: Control three unique characters: experience the story from their different perspectives with all three characters appearing in each telling. Psychological Horror: Choices influence characters' sanity and statistics as they face unimaginable horrors. Worldwide Investigation: Travel to diverse locations, gather information, and find powerful items.

About Why Not AI  Why Not AI is a production company specializing in Animation and Interaction for video games, animated series, and tabletop games. Led by one of the founders of Cryo Interactive and Virgin Interactive. Why Not AI's first video game, HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising, due for release in Q4 2023, was born out of our worst nightmares and our devotion to the worlds imagined by H.P. Lovecraft.

About Touched By Grace Touched By Grace is a French videogame publisher, created by three videogame specialists, combining their lifetimes’ experience in the entertainment industry, from development to distribution. Among others, the publisher is co-owner of the HPL: Nyarlathotep Rising license.

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