Ending explained & New Game+
How many endings are there?
One. Unlike the first game (which had three endings), The Sinking City 2 has a single definitive conclusion. Your investigation choices, optional evidence and playstyle do not change the story's outcome — multiple reviewers confirm actions have no impact on how the plot resolves. There is no "good ending" to miss.
This also means the first game's endings don't matter here: the sequel is a standalone story with a new protagonist and city, so no save import or canon choice carries over.
What happens at the end?
After defeating Slither Prime, Calvin walks with Faye to the altar and enters the dream world with her — where the truth surfaces: Calvin was the one who originally died. When Yog-Sothoth attacked Faye at the start of the story, Calvin stepped in front of the attack. His love for Faye is exactly what Yog-Sothoth used to drive its plan and force its way into their world.
Faye gets her soul back and the two are briefly, genuinely reunited. It doesn't last: Calvin begins turning gray as the entity corrupts him, and by the final scene Faye has turned gray too. Both are now permanently under Yog-Sothoth's control — they share a kiss, smiling, as the entity appears in its true form and Arkham is destroyed around them.
It's a bleak but deliberately Lovecraftian ending: the "victory" was the entity's plan all along, and the love story that drove the game was the mechanism of the disaster.
New Game+: Ex Oblivione
Finishing the game unlocks Ex Oblivione, the New Game+ mode — named after an H.P. Lovecraft poem written under his Ward Phillips pen name, a title that carries extra meaning once you've seen the ending.
- Talents carry over from your finished playthrough.
- New narrative content and lore documents are added throughout, recontextualizing the ending and the characters — the main reason to replay.
If you missed weapon upgrades or crates, NG+ is also the comfortable way to mop them up — see the weapons & upgrades guide.