Less than a week before launch, Frogwares has unleashed one more trailer for The Sinking City 2, this time offering players a narrated tour through the game’s world, introducing its dark Lovecraftian setting and the horrors lurking beneath the surface. Stepping into Arkham, a flooded and decaying city now overrun by monsters, players will uncover the story of Calvin and Faye, as well as the reasons driving Calvin to remain in a place that everyone else has abandoned.
The trailer also takes the opportunity to dive into the game’s core gameplay, showing how tense survival horror and investigation come together as players explore Arkham, uncover its mysteries, and fight to stay alive. We also get a deeper look at combat, with an understanding that resources are scarce and ammo is precious.
Set in a Lovecraftian vision of 1920s America, The Sinking City 2 takes place 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. Players step into the role of Calvin Rafferty (voiced by Andrew Wheildon-Dennis), an occult adventurer whose cavalier actions have led to devastating consequences.
After a dreaming ritual goes wrong, his girlfriend, the gutsy Faye Bennett (voiced by Gemma Elizabeth Whelan), 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.
The Sinking City 2 launches August 18 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.