The Sinking City is a Horror, Thriller, Action-Adventure, Open-world, and Single-player video game offered by Frogwares. During the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Charles W. Reed as a detective and needs to investigate all the traces that make his visions terrible and happenings around.

The game takes place in the city of Oakmont, where the outcome of the game depends on the player’s investigation. The player finds different pieces of evidence where he must examine these clues perfectly to reach the perfect end of the gameplay. The city contains seven different regions, such as Advent, Oldgrove, Salvation Harbor, The Shells, Coverside, Reed Heights, and Grimhaven Bay, where a flood overcomes all the cities and the player needs to discover the dry places by controlling a boat to survive humankinds. The game allows the player to swim in the water, but it may affect the character’s health as the water contains infections.

The player can enjoy the game multiple times as this is a multiple ending game depends on the strategies and mental logic of the player. Several weapons and tools a player can use to kill unknown creatures and chase away many illusions. The major feature of the game is sanity that allows the player to review the crime pictures and analyze the pieces of evidence. The Sinking City with Sanity Feature, Swimming Ability, Seven Regions, Half-Submerged City, Different Tools, and Multiple Endings, is the best game for a detective to reveal several mysteries.