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The Forgotten City

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4.4/5

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4.4

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The Forgotten City
Description
The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure game of exploration and deduction, and a re-imagining of the critically acclaimed mod that won a national Writers’ Guild award and racked up over 3 million downloads. Travel 2,000 years into the past and relive the final days of a cursed Roman city,...
Critics reviews
92 %
Recommend
IGN
9/10
PC Gamer
84/100
Game Informer
9/10
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4.4/5

( 82 Reviews )

4.4

82 Reviews

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Product details
2021, Modern Storyteller, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit or newer, 4 Core 3GHz or better, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 | AMD Radeon...
DLCs
The Forgotten City - Collector's DLC, The Forgotten City - Digital Soundtrack
Time to beat
6 hMain
8.5 h Main + Sides
10.5 h Completionist
8 h All Styles
Description




The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure game of exploration and deduction, and a re-imagining of the critically acclaimed mod that won a national Writers’ Guild award and racked up over 3 million downloads.

Travel 2,000 years into the past and relive the final days of a cursed Roman city, where if one person sins, everyone dies. Combat is an option, but violence will only get you so far. Only by questioning an intertwined community of colourful 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.


  • Explore an open-world ancient Roman city with historically authentic art, architecture, costumes and customs
  • Investigate a gripping, non-linear mystery with multiple endings
  • Become entwined in the lives of richly detailed, deeply interactive characters
  • Grapple with moral dilemmas which have life-and-death consequences
  • Play as whoever you want, by choosing your character’s gender, origin and backstory
  • Solve problems with reason, charm, bribery, intimidation, violence, or by cleverly exploiting the time-loop

Enjoyed the mod?

If you liked the mod, you’re going to love the stand-alone game. We've taken the best elements of the mod, re-written the script, which is now more than twice the length of the original at 80,000+ words, and added plenty of exciting new twists, endings, and surprises. Walk the streets of a brand new city. Get to know re-imagined characters. Solve challenging new puzzles with new gameplay mechanics, and enjoy an all-new orchestral score and professional voice acting. This is the story we always wanted to tell, for you to enjoy all over again - and again.

The Forgotten City may have evolved from a mod for an action RPG, but like the mod, this game is in a totally different genre. It’s a mystery adventure game, developed by a core team of three people. If you don’t go into this expecting a Triple-A action RPG, you’ll have a much better time!



Disclaimer: The Forgotten City is not affiliated with any third party game or franchise. © 2018 Modern Storyteller Pty Ltd. The Forgotten City is a registered trademark of Modern Storyteller Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Digital Collector's Edition
map
A ready to print 3D statue of Sentius
soundtrack (wav)
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
6 hMain
8.5 h Main + Sides
10.5 h Completionist
8 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
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Size:
13.5 GB

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Posted on: March 24, 2025

Sho555

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Games: 184 Reviews: 2

fantastic!

If you are a history nerd, Ponder thoughts extensivly or simply are looking for a new experience I can not recommend this game highly enough. My only wish as is the way with these sorts of things, is to be able to purge my memoroy of playing and experience it anew all over again!


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Posted on: April 9, 2025

bntibor90

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Games: 36 Reviews: 3

I like the setting and the idea

I'm having fun with it so far. I haven't finished it yet, I hope the ending is worth it.


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Posted on: July 18, 2025

knivesnekko

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Games: 10 Reviews: 1

the beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessstttttt

omg the best best best best beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest


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Posted on: February 11, 2022

Manzor

Verified owner

Games: 272 Reviews: 6

Technical disaster

Ok, this is my experience. First time playing, maybe 4 hours, I had problems. I had to lower the graphics despite my pc going far beyond the specifications of the game. I play RE3 remake on high, I play everything on high or max. But this game, wow, it gave me a hard time. Even then there was lag when moving the camera, but after a while I was able to at least play. Next morning, I try to play again: Impossible. Every movement is painful. I keep lowering my graphics, same problem. My drivers are updated. I tried to ask for help in the steam forums but I should have bought the game there, they don't allow anybody else posting, for whatever reason. So here I am, with a broken product I have paid for. It's specially painful because I don't want a refund. The game itself is good, brings me vibes of Majora's mask and Skyrim. I like the game, even if it has some nonsensical plot holes, which is unavoidable when you mess with time travel. But the technical aspect is a freaking disaster and I can't understand the high reviews, specially because I know I am not that special. A lot of people comment about it, they just don't give it the relevancy it has. The player experience is terrible. Simple as that. And they are not gonna fix it. Honestly, I don't think they would be able. The game was made by 4 guys over 4 years. I mean, the word "amateurs" comes to my mind. Great ideas and a lot of effort were put into the game but that's all and that's not enough.


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Posted on: July 11, 2024

Loqui-Mar

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Games: 207 Reviews: 3

Deeply Dissapointing

Playing through, I found the eventual reveal of the twist behind the story utterly dissapointing. I'm so sad this is how it turned out.


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