The Forgotten City

The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.

The Forgotten City is a adventure, time travel and mystery game developed by Modern Storyteller and published by Dear Villagers.
Released on July 28th 2021 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese and Korean.

It has received 10,867 reviews of which 10,437 were positive and 430 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 6.24€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified The Forgotten City into these genres:

Adventure Time Travel Mystery Exploration Choices Matter Investigation Indie Story Rich RPG First-Person Multiple Endings Walking Simulator Atmospheric Philosophical Great Soundtrack Fantasy Remake Open World Rome Silent Protagonist

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
Processor: 3GHz (4 Core) CPU
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti 2GB | AMD Radeon R7 265
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 26 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Nov. 2024

Very charming game with great story telling and a good sense of humor! I was surprised to learn that this well-polished game was created by only a few people. What an awesome job they did!

Oct. 2024

I just love this thing. It's probably telling that the things that stick with me are talking to someone through Socratic moralistic theory in the most fulfilling dialogue tree I've seen in a while, or the absolute thrill of getting ahead of something on a subsequent run. It's short enough that getting all the endings doesn't feel like a chore, but long enough that they feel fulfilling. I'd say it's more of a talky adventure game than a detective game, and it really gets the feeling of those old choose your own adventure books.

Aug. 2024

One of the best story games of all time. There are very few games like this--Serious, story rich, choices matter, combat-optional rpg's with mature art styles and philosophical dilemmas. It has multiple endings and non-linear questlines. It's also really surprising how few non-combat FPS adventure games there are. You'll remember it for the rest of your life.

May 2024

As a casual gamer I wasn't sure about playing a game based on a Skyrim mod, but I'm glad I gave it a try. Really fun and engaging story with lots of twists. There's a small section of skippable combat, but even as someone who normally avoids that type of gameplay, I was intrigued enough by the story to give it a try. It was just the right level of challenge for a player like me and added some excitement to the experience (and was also definitely worthwhile for its part in the story). I have two critiques, which are 1) the game doesn't always seem to keep track of the choices you've made within a loop, which led to a frustrating progression softlock at one point (but I was able to reload and get it to work the second time) and 2) there's a big exposition dump at the end that drags on a bit, though I'm not sure how else it could have been presented without making the game longer. Overall pretty minor complaints that won't stop me from recommending the game.

April 2024

Salve, friend! The Forgotten City is an amazing time loop adventure and probably one of the best-written games out there, with many surprises and twists along the way. You will not experience tons of action, but the narrative part of this game is phenomenal, and it’s best to play it without reading much about it. I am impressed that it was developed by a small team and yet it’s so well executed. It also offers four different endings; it’s a must-play!

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Developer

Modern Storyteller

Publisher

Dear Villagers

Release 28 Jul 2021

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