The Sinking City became the most successful Frogwares game, beating all Sherlocks – review

Developers The sinking city almost a year after the release, they finally talked about the success of the project.

It turns out that the detective was the most successful release in history. Frogwaresbypassing sales of any of the parts “Sherlock holmes“For the same period. Moreover, even after almost a year, sales remain quite high.

Unfortunately, Ukrainian developers cannot talk about the circulation of the project and disclose details of the deal with Epic Games, which turned out to be decisive for the company.

The deal with Epic Games allowed our studio to continue to do what we love to do – niche detective games. However, she also helped prepare for the future.

Sergey Hovhannisyan, Community Manager

While the company does not know how sales of The Sinking City will increase after the release on Steam, this, as Oganesyan notes, is already dependent on the players.

The next game of the studio will be something “familiar.” It is understandable, it is unlikely that the developers will move away from their own niche of plot detectives. However, what it will be – the sequel to The Sinking City, the new Sherlock Holmes, or something else – time will tell.

The Sinking City was released at the end of June 2019 on the PS4, Xbox One and PC (Epic Games Store). A few months later, she reached the Nintendo Switch. At the end of June, the release of the project is expected on Steam.

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