Amphibious Horrors Await in the Distorted World of The Sinking City 2 on PS5

After the public legal hubbub that surrounded the original The Sinking City, developer Frogwares is back to focusing on expanding the franchise – and it’s announced a sequel for PS5, which is currently slated for release in 2025. The Sinking City 2 is set in 1920s America, when a supernatural flood brings Eldritch-like horrors to the city of Arkham. This is being billed as a brand-new, standalone story, unrelated to the original.

The game will be powered by Unreal Engine 5, and is promising a “horror-first” experience, so you can expect more spooks than the original. There’ll still be detective elements, however, and you’ll be able to explore the semi-open world to solve optional puzzles and get to the core of the fiction. With the flood aspect, the environment will change throughout the campaign, as the tides rise and fall altering the layouts of buildings.

The big twist here is that, much like with its Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened remake, Frogwares is once again turning to Kickstarter to help get this project off the ground. The Ukrainian developer obviously still finds itself having to operate under the cloud of Russia’s invasion, and crowdfunding gives it some much-needed financial security in unprecedented times.

CEO Wael Amr explained: “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 [with Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened]. So, we need to do the same now with The Sinking City 2 as this game is vastly bigger and more complex.” You can contribute to the project through here.