The Sinking City 2: PS5 release Aug 18; one-hour PC demo

Frogwares announced at the Future Games Show that The Sinking City 2 will launch on PlayStation 5 on August 18, 2026. The studio released a trailer and new screenshots and published a one-hour demo on Steam for PC players; the demo is not available on PS5.

The Steam demo contains the opening 60 minutes of the game so PC players can try the opening investigation. Frogwares moved the full-game launch to August rather than September 2026. The studio has confirmed the PS5 release date but has not provided a release date for the full PC version.

Frogwares says the sequel shifts the series toward a more survival-horror-focused direction and intends the trailer and screenshots to show the game’s tone and visuals ahead of launch.

Most of development has taken place in Ukraine since January 2023, with a team of more than 90 people working under wartime conditions. Sergiy Oganesyan, head of publishing at Frogwares, described the operational challenges: “We went through entire winters where heat and power were regularly cut off throughout the day because our infrastructure was being intentionally targeted. We had days where someone would be part of the team, and then the next day we’d hear they had been called up to serve and needed to start handing over their work to the rest of us. You’d be in a meeting one minute discussing some trivial design question, and the next, half of us would be saying, ‘Hold on, the air raid sirens just went off’. We’ve had people disappear for days because, overnight, their home or apartment building was hit directly or indirectly, damaging their homes.”

The demo and the released media provide an early look at the opening investigation and the game’s atmosphere ahead of the PS5 release on August 18, 2026.