The Sinking City 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-19
- Improved over predecessor
- Excellent Lovecraftian horror
- Enjoyable and fun gameplay
- Stunning graphics and atmosphere
- Combat feels underwhelming and stiff
- Performance and polish issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 404
- Positive
- 37191.8%
- Negative
- 338.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 24,560
- Estimated revenue
- $1,227,754
- Game price
- $50
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 112.72%
- Estimated copies lost
- 669
- Estimated revenue lost
- $33,443
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 112.7% Avg playtime 1.1h | 5012.4% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 225.4% Avg playtime 7.3h | 32179.5% Avg playtime 8.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 215.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 13.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
404 total
Organic purchasers32079.2%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations8420.8%
Voted up: 89%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
404 total
First impression0-2h12831.7%
Voted up: 88%
Mid game2-10h22655.9%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h409.90%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+102.48%
Voted up: 90%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 91.8%
1 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 404 total.