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I shipped a sourced question hub for The Sinking City 2 instead of another cloned wiki

The Sinking City 2 launched on 18 August 2026. The searches I kept seeing were not "give me a weapons dump." They were when does it release, what are the PC specs, which edition has Holloway Manor, is there a demo, and do I need the first game.

Flooded 1920s street from The Sinking City 2
Official Steam screenshot. © 2019–2026 Frogwares Ireland Ltd. Source: Steam store, app 2825860.

Official answers exist, but they are split across the Steam store, dated community announcements, and Frogwares press notes. A cloned wiki that invents the missing numbers would rank for a week and then rot.

So I shipped thesinkingcity2.net as an independent question hub: one search question per page, official source URL next to every changing fact, gaps left visible.

thesinkingcity2.net homepage
thesinkingcity2.net homepage. Independent question hub. Not affiliated with Frogwares.

What I refused to invent

Steam App 2825860 lists single-player only. I do not quote "no crossplay" as an official line. Frogwares has not published a crossplay feature, so the page says that.

Frogwares has not said whether you need The Sinking City 1. The FAQ does not invent a "must play" or "skip it" answer.

Steam Recommended names a Medium preset. The 10 July 2026 press copy says Balanced. The specs page shows both and dates them. I do not pick a winner.

Playtime is not a first-party number. Official channels do not publish campaign length. If a reviews page cites named outlets, it is labeled as reception, not as Frogwares copy.

Mac, Linux, and Switch are not listed on the current Steam and press pages. That is not the same as "confirmed never."

Arkham interior from The Sinking City 2
Official Steam screenshot. © 2019–2026 Frogwares Ireland Ltd. Source: Steam store, app 2825860.

The pages that match the search

Each URL is a question a launch-week player actually types:

  • When does it release? — 18 August 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Delay history only as Frogwares announced it. Physical copies: no official announcement.
  • What are the system requirements? — Steam min/rec, including 16 GB RAM, GTX 1070 / RX 5700, 70 GB SSD.
  • Which editions? — Standard $49.99, Deluxe $54.99, Premium $59.99 on Steam, plus the named DLC and the Chthonic Arsenal pre-order items as edition deltas, not a weapons table.
  • Is there a demo? — a Next Fest demo shipped in June. After launch I point at the live Steam page instead of declaring it forever available.
  • Official news — Frogwares Steam announcements only, dated.
  • FAQ and sources — the editorial rules are public.

Steam current user reviews, as of 19 August 2026, read Very Positive (92% of 339). That number lives on Steam. I do not treat it as a Metascore substitute.

Night street from The Sinking City 2
Official Steam screenshot. © 2019–2026 Frogwares Ireland Ltd. Source: Steam store, app 2825860.

Why this is a website and not a Notion dump

Searchers land on a question. The page has to answer that question, cite the dated official note, and say what is still unknown. That is why the homepage is a question hub, not a franchise cover.

Release-date page on thesinkingcity2.net
Release-date page: August 18, 2026, sourced to Steam. Mac/Linux/Switch left as “not listed.”

I did not add a weapons wiki, a maps directory, or a settings optimizer. Those pages would need numbers Frogwares has not published.

The site is not affiliated with Frogwares. Contact is support@thesinkingcity2.net. Corrections get a source and a same-day edit.

If you are building a launch-week game hub: start from the search question, keep official text dated, and leave the gaps visible. The empty cell is more honest than a confident guess.

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