The Forgotten City
First-person time-loop mystery where one person's sin dooms a Roman city
Modern Storyteller · Published by Dear Villagers · Released Jul 28, 2021
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 96% of 14K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 112 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 13
- peak 24h 19
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Forgotten City?
A first-person adventure mystery takes place in an open ancient Roman city, where one person's sin kills everyone. You explore, question residents, and use a time loop to investigate the city's curse and make choices that lead to different endings. Combat is possible, but it cannot solve everything.
For you if...
- +you like piecing together stories through conversation and exploration
- +you enjoy testing choices across repeated time loops
Not for you if...
- −you want combat to drive most of your progress
- −you dislike spending much of a game in conversation
- −you expect complex puzzles with little quest guidance
What players say
96% of 13,715 reviews are positive · 93% of 112 in the last 30 days
Players praise the mystery, characters, and voice acting. Critics describe repeated conversations and trips across the city as tedious, and some find the writing or endings unsatisfying.
Screenshots and trailer
The Forgotten City system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
- Processor
- 3GHz (4 Core) CPU
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti 2GB | AMD Radeon R7 265
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 26 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- 3.2 GHz (4 Core) CPU
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 26 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Recommend installing on SSD
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 40
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean.
Tags
- Adventure
- Time Travel
- Mystery
- Exploration
- Choices Matter
- Investigation
- Story Rich
- Indie
- First-Person
- RPG
- Multiple Endings
- Walking Simulator
- Atmospheric
- Philosophical
- Great Soundtrack
- Rome
2 DLC available.
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