Modern Storyteller

The Forgotten City

The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure game of exploration and deduction, and a re-imagining of the critically acclaimed mod of the same name. Combat is an option, but violence will only get you so far. Only by questioning an intertwined community of colorful characters, cleverly exploiting the time loop, and making difficult moral choices can you hope to solve this epic mystery. Here, your decisions matter. The fate of the city is in your hands.

Released: 28 July 2021
Developer: Modern Storyteller
Publisher: Dear Villagers
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Perspective: First person
Age rating: PEGI 16 · ESRB T
Controller: Full controller support
Metacritic: 85/100
Steam recommendations: 11,025
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Mac · Xbox One
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie
Estimated owners: 500,000–1,000,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 90
Critic rating: 155
Ratings counted: 95.9%
Steam reviews: 40
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The Forgotten City

Quick answers

Crossplay System requirements 8 GB RAM Download size 26.0 GB Steam Deck Verified Player counts 104

The Forgotten City

The story

Travel 2,000 years into the past and relive the final days of a cursed Roman city, where if one person sins, everyone dies. Trapped in a secret underground city during the Roman Empire, twenty-six lost souls cling to life. In this precarious utopia, if one person breaks the mysterious Golden Rule, everyone dies. As a time-traveller drawn two thousand years into the past, you’ll relive their final moments in an endless loop, exploring and interrogating, and changing the course of the day with each secret you uncover. Only by cleverly exploiting the time loop and making difficult moral choices can you hope to solve this epic mystery. Here, your decisions matter. The fate of the city is in your hands.

The Forgotten City