The Sinking City Remastered similar games & best alternatives

The Sinking City Remastered

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2021

Should you play it?

Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.

What works

  • Strong lovecraftian atmosphere and story
  • Engaging detective and investigation mechanics
  • Open world exploration
  • Immersive narrative and character development
  • Free remaster upgrade for original owners

Things to keep in mind

  • Clunky and repetitive combat
  • Technical issues and bugs
  • Reused assets and environments
  • Some side quests feel tedious and repetitive
  • Limited impact of player choices on story

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Somber Echoes

  • Steel Seed

  • The Axis Unseen

  • The Last Case of Benedict Fox Definitive Edition

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • BLACKTAIL

Less expressive

Games that feels like The Sinking City Remastered but with less self-expression and customization

  • Ad Infinitum

  • The Land of Pain

  • Lethe - Episode One

  • Alien: Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition

  • GYLT

  • Alone in the Dark

More intense

Games that feels like The Sinking City Remastered but with a more intense feel

  • Outlast 2

  • Dead Space

  • The Evil Within

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • The Evil Within 2

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Magrunner: Dark Pulse

  • Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

  • Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter

  • Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments

  • Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

The Sinking City Remastered: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Expression, Exploration, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026