The Sinking City Remastered Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-07-06
Review summary
  • Excellent Lovecraftian atmosphere
  • Satisfying detective gameplay
  • Engaging and interesting story
  • Combat is clunky and unresponsive
  • Remaster has major technical issues
  • Gameplay is repetitive and boring
The Sinking City Remastered header

Categories

Open-World ExplorationInvestigative GameplayLovecraftian HorrorAtmospheric HorrorDetectiveAction-AdventureMultiple EndingsPsychological Horror

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMnegative
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Mostly Positive (6/10)
Total reviews
5,383
Positive
4,07575.7%
Negative
1,30824.3%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
412,220
Estimated revenue
$16,484,678
Game price
$40
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
445.31%
Estimated copies lost
3,369
Estimated revenue lost
$134,726
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
445.3%
Avg playtime 1h
192.3%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
16419.8%
Avg playtime 19.2h
60172.6%
Avg playtime 31.1h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day0.4 rev/day
Last 30d3.1 rev/day
Quarterly21.3 rev/qtr
Days covered1,955.5 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
828 total
Organic purchasers75691.3%
Voted up: 75%
Key activations728.70%
Voted up: 75%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
828 total
First impression0-2h779.30%
Voted up: 34%
Mid game2-10h17621.3%
Voted up: 64%
Late game10-20h15218.4%
Voted up: 75%
Endgame20h+42351.1%
Voted up: 87%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.57% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
84.6%
Global baseline 74.9%
13 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 5,383 total.