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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 11,233 reviews of which 10,796 were positive and 437 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 6.24€ on Steam with a 75% discount, but you can find it for 1.38€ on Instant Gaming.


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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

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Feb. 2025
I had so much fun playing this game and figuring it out. It's the perfect game for a history lover and if you like being a bit of a detective. Only issue I've had is finding another game like it now that I have completed it.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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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The Forgotten City
9.3
10,796
437
Online players
32
Developer
Modern Storyteller
Publisher
Dear Villagers
Release 28 Jul 2021
Platforms
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