The Forgotten Ones

First-person horror shooter about a detective tracking Nazi officers

Bernt Andreas Eide · Released Jul 17, 2014

Reviews: Mixed; 60% of 1,657
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 3 years ago; Aug 10, 2023
Minimum PC: DirectX 9 GPU; 0.5 GB RAM · 5 GB disk; Full requirements

What is The Forgotten Ones?

A free-to-play, single-player first-person horror shooter in which you explore and fight enemies. Detective Grobuskna Vladinov follows an anonymous lead while searching for the Nazi officer who took his parents during the Holocaust.

For you if...

+you like dark, single-player horror games
+you enjoy difficult fights against fast-moving enemies

Not for you if...

−you prefer forgiving combat with fewer restarts
−you want to play alongside other people

What players say

60% of 1,657 reviews are positive

Some players praise the challenging fights, puzzles, and dark atmosphere. Others complain about frustrating combat and repeated deaths, and report bugs, clunky gameplay, and areas too dark to see.

How many players finish The Forgotten Ones?

9.6% of Steam players have unlocked «The End, For Now...», the achievement for finishing the main story.

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The Forgotten Ones system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 5 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Graphics: Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher - *NOT* an Express graphics card).
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c

OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Graphics: Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher - *NOT* an Express graphics card).
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0c

Does The Forgotten Ones have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does The Forgotten Ones run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
The native resolution is not the default one
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 12
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English.

Does The Forgotten Ones use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam