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.
- Price:$6.24
- Release Date:7/28/2021
- Franchise:Dear Villagers
- Developer:Modern Storyteller
- Publisher:Dear Villagers
- Last Updated:4/12/2025
- Steam App Id:874260
The Forgotten City
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, The Forgotten City has 51 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 80% lower than its previous all-time peak of 254 players achieved on 7/27/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for The Forgotten City. It has received a total of 11,280 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 93 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for The Forgotten City and its growth over time. It currently has 38,928 followers on its community page.
The Forgotten City Price
The Forgotten City costs $6.24 in the Steam store as of 4/12/2025 which is a 75% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like The Forgotten City - Digital Collector's Edition, Narrative-driven Adventure, Mysteries in Civilization, or The Forgotten City x Pathologic 2 which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for The Forgotten City.
About The Forgotten City
The Forgotten City is a RPG, Indie, and Adventure game developed by Modern Storyteller. On 7/28/2021, it was released on the Steam Store by Dear Villagers.
Players have rated The Forgotten City as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 11,280 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 10,842 positive reviews and 438 negative reviews — an overall 96% positive review rating. Additionally, The Forgotten City has earned a metascore of 85 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
It also supports 8 languanges in-game including English, German, French, Spanish (Spain), and Chinese (Simplified). Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, The Forgotten City supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Single-player
From the Steam community, The Forgotten City has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Rome
- Philosophical
- Great Soundtrack
- Fantasy
- Atmospheric
- Multiple Endings
- Investigation
- Story Rich
- Walking Simulator
- RPG
- Choices Matter
- First-Person
- Mystery
- Time Travel
- Open World
- Silent Protagonist
- Indie
- Remake
- Adventure
- Exploration
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for The Forgotten City and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
The Forgotten City is referenced by 2 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Forgotten City - Collector's DLC | DLC | 7/28/2021 | View |
 | The Forgotten City Soundtrack | Music | 7/28/2021 | View |
Related Bundles
The Forgotten City is included in 4 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Forgotten City - Digital Collector's Edition | 3 | 3 | $10.55 | View |
 | Narrative-driven Adventure | 3 | 3 | $59.47 | View |
 | Mysteries in Civilization | 3 | 3 | $46.76 | View |
 | The Forgotten City x Pathologic 2 | 2 | 2 | $39.17 | View |
Related Packages
The Forgotten City is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| The Forgotten City | $24.99 | View |
Supported Languages
The Forgotten City is available in 8 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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The Forgotten City data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 12). The Forgotten City on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/874260
- Valve Corporation. (2025, April 12). The Forgotten City. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/874260
- Metacritic. (2025, April 12). The Forgotten City for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-forgotten-city
- Modern Storyteller. (2023, July 8). The Forgotten City. The Forgotten City. http://forgottencitygame.com