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The Forgotten City
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
81 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A very charming remake of a skyrim mod. I would call it the video game equivalent of a great 90s film. Oh! if you are a roman history fan you will have a very delightful time. The writing truly shines when it uses the…”
“This game is proof that a small, determined team can outshine big-budget studios. It features: [list] [*][b]Aesthetics of ancient Rome[/b]: A richly imagined Roman town brought to life with impressive historical detail…”
“Fantastic little detective game, with the main focus being characters and narrative. Not much to do apart from talking and walking so I'd stay clear if you're expecting "gameplay" Only gripe is that figuring things out…”
48 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A very charming remake of a skyrim mod. I would call it the video game equivalent of a great 90s film. Oh! if you are a roman history fan you will have a very delightful time. The writing truly shines when it uses the…”
“This game is proof that a small, determined team can outshine big-budget studios. It features: [list] [*][b]Aesthetics of ancient Rome[/b]: A richly imagined Roman town brought to life with impressive historical detail…”
“Played this back when it was a Skyrim mod and enjoyed it. Enjoyed it again now that it is a full game. If you like historical/mythological inspired games, narrative focused experiences with some choices, and/or…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Surprising game that one. The Looping mechanism is very well made, and the whole story is great. It's on the shorter side, but it's really fun.”
“Nice simple little game - been meaning to play for ages. Story is enjoyable, if somewhat predictable. Good QoL features so you dont always have to replay the same thing as you loop so that it doesn't feel like it over…”
“A short and unique experience. I got one of the 4 endings in less than 5 hours. I recommend buying if on sale”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A very charming remake of a skyrim mod. I would call it the video game equivalent of a great 90s film. Oh! if you are a roman history fan you will have a very delightful time. The writing truly shines when it uses the…”
“This game is proof that a small, determined team can outshine big-budget studios. It features: [list] [*][b]Aesthetics of ancient Rome[/b]: A richly imagined Roman town brought to life with impressive historical detail…”
“This was a real stunner. A short, but intricate story mystery game. I thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere, gameplay, and characters of this. It gave me some loose Outer Wilds vibes, with the time loop and how once you…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Marvelous exploration game, getting the achievements was mostly fun as well!”
“Truly one of my favorite games. I would and have recommended this game to anyone who will listen. Very satisfying story and gameplay, light on the combat, and it took me less than 20 hours to beat it several times.”
“The Forgotten City es un juego de puzzles relativamente sencillo en comparación con otros títulos del género, pero logra mantenerte completamente enganchado en todo momento. Su mayor fortaleza está en cómo despierta…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Very good story with good plot twists, as well as decent exploration supported by a good mix of mythologies for the lore. However, the solutions to problems are far more restrictive than I first thought, and most of the…”
“Pretty good game with some interesting mechanics and story progression and plot twits. Clearly devs put a lot efforts into the game. The only thing that I'm not crazy about is the character models and also bugged…”
“I said "Wow" a few times so it's definitely got that. It didn't captivate me at first (uncanny graphics) but you get used to it, and the story is actually intriguing.”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This was standard fetch quest slop. Bizarre how good the reviews are. There wasn’t much of a mystery to solve. The quest log holds your hand through the entire game, and when you get to one of the non-canon endings…”
“Fantastic little detective game, with the main focus being characters and narrative. Not much to do apart from talking and walking so I'd stay clear if you're expecting "gameplay" Only gripe is that figuring things out…”
“Very good story with good plot twists, as well as decent exploration supported by a good mix of mythologies for the lore. However, the solutions to problems are far more restrictive than I first thought, and most of the…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Very good story with good plot twists, as well as decent exploration supported by a good mix of mythologies for the lore. However, the solutions to problems are far more restrictive than I first thought, and most of the…”
“Pretty good game with some interesting mechanics and story progression and plot twits. Clearly devs put a lot efforts into the game. The only thing that I'm not crazy about is the character models and also bugged…”
“Sorry, just not a fan. The game has many bugs too and lag - not sure why!”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“"So bad it's good" interactive highschool essay on ethics. Not anywhere as good as people say it is, only buy if thats your jam”
“Nice simple little game - been meaning to play for ages. Story is enjoyable, if somewhat predictable. Good QoL features so you dont always have to replay the same thing as you loop so that it doesn't feel like it over…”
“QUICK AND SPOILER FREE: The game Is great! It's a great experience that you aren't getting in many other games. Story: tho it can fall flat if you're expecting the characters to have strong senses of what a moral action…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A short and unique experience. I got one of the 4 endings in less than 5 hours. I recommend buying if on sale”
“very good game. Highly recommended but wait for a sale. It's great but I dont know if its worth $25 for roughly 5+ hour game.”
“Fun story. The puzzles were rather easy and wish they had some more bite but worth a play for the story. Pick it up on a discount.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“The Forgotten City was a great Skyrim mod but an even more amazing game on its own here! Made by Australian Indie devs, this game once again proves how the modding community releases bangers. Warcraft 3 gave us "DOTA", Half-Life gave us "Garry's Mod" and "Black Mesa", oh and we…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“This is a narrative experience which rewards calm exploration and apreciation of the world the developers created, is a short game in which from what i can tell it tries to showcase accuarate items, architecture and ways of living of the people from the time period the games…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“So many games think bigger is better and create huge open-world situations or different levels (especially when they rely on multi-player). This is a tight and incredible story that is bound within a still not-small city and there is no multi-player to distract you. There are so…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:04 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Adventure · Time Travel · Mystery · Exploration · Choices Matter · Investigation · Story Rich · Indie · RPG · First-Person · Multiple Endings · Walking Simulator (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 40 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://forgottencitygame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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