Hope in the City launches on Steam, Xbox and Game Pass

Hope in the City launched on November 11 for Steam, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC, with day-one Game Pass access. Lofty Sky’s mystery follows 17-year-old aspiring artist Hope Song, who returns to a ransacked apartment and discovers that her parents have disappeared. The story takes place in Shenyang, China.

Hope records what she sees in her sketchbook. Link the right observations and you can unlock new questions in conversations. There’s a demo on Steam if you want to try the investigation before buying.

Combining two observations can open new dialogue, locations and leads. Even unsuccessful combinations receive individual responses rather than a repeated error message, encouraging players to experiment. Artist Calista Antonio created over 100 sketches for the notebook. This is a single-player investigation, with English voice acting; the current Steam language list does not include Spanish or Portuguese. That matters for an adventure built around conversations and written clues.