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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

AdventureIndieRPG

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 12K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
95% of 103 in 30 days
Players
14
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
4 years ago
Sep 6, 2022
Minimum PC
GTX 750 Ti
8 GB RAM · 26 GB disk
Full requirements

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 11,611 reviews are positive · 95% of 103 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.

Players over time

▼ -54% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 50 players on Oct 18, 2026.

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How many players finish The Forgotten City?

44% of Steam players have unlocked «The Canon Ending», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

The Forgotten City screenshot 1

The Forgotten City system requirements

Minimum: GTX 750 Ti, 8 GB RAM, 26 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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

Does The Forgotten City have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does The Forgotten City run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
40
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean.

Does The Forgotten City 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

2 DLC available.

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