The Sinking City 2 Demo and Buying Guide: Free Demo, Save Transfer, and Edition Prices

The demo covers the opening steps of the game. You play Calvin after the failed ritual to revive his partner, witness the city’s last moments before it falls into nightmare, explore the ruins of the Miskatonic University Library in search of an occult book, and encounter the Slither, the eldritch worms that manipulate the dead. The official demo page does not state a duration, and the returned version’s length is unverified; an older June demo report put it at about one hour, but that was the pre-launch demo and must not be presented as the returned version’s length.

The official wording is that demo saves carry over to the full game, and that players can carry their save directly into the full game. That is the whole confirmed statement: the developer has not listed, item by item, what carries and what does not, so this guide does not itemize it. Do not confuse this with the separate Ex Oblivione rule, where inventory slot and weapon upgrades carry into New Game Plus; that is a post-completion rule, not a demo rule.

The official Xbox Premium description states that Premium includes the base game, the Arkham Field Kit, and Holloway Manor, the haunted-house story quest with an optional ritual investigation, whose completion brings the Bucking Bronco revolver back into the main game. The earlier official press release described the discount as 20% off; the live Steam page on October 25, 2026 showed 25% off, and this guide uses the live figure with its October 31 cutoff. The general Steam Scream sale window runs longer, to November 2, but this game’s offer ends October 31; do not extend it.

On the same day the Steam demo returned, PlayStation Plus and Xbox trials also became available. The PlayStation trial is a PS Plus Premium Game Trial; a second-hand summary puts it at one hour, but Sony’s official duration for this game was not located. Xbox lists the game with a Free Trial; no official duration or trial save-carryover statement was located. Treat both as try-before-you-buy options with unconfirmed limits, not as equivalents of the Steam demo’s confirmed save carryover.

Play the demo first; it is free and its progress carries over, so there is no cost to trying. Buy Standard if you want the game alone. Buy Premium if you want Holloway Manor, since the standalone purchase reported by a fan site is unconfirmed on official store pages. Buy before October 31, 2026 if you want the 25% discount; after that date the price is the list price. If you are on PlayStation Plus Premium or Xbox, check the trial terms on your platform before assuming the trial progress carries over.

Yes. The Steam demo is free, returned on October 6, 2026, and its saves carry over to the full game.

Yes, per the official wording: demo saves carry over to the full game. Item-by-item details have not been published.

October 31, 2026, hard cutoff. After that date the standard edition returns to $49.99, Deluxe to $54.99, and Premium to $59.99.

Unconfirmed on official store pages. Premium includes it; a fan site reports a $12.99 standalone Steam purchase, but official pages checked did not confirm a standalone listing.