The Forgotten City

★★★★☆4.0(1 GameRoll rating)

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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.

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.

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Platforms

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie

Developer

Modern Storyteller

Publisher

Dear Villagers, Plug In Digital

Release date

July 28, 2021

Time to beat

Main + Extras: 9h · Completionist: 13h

What players are saying

Pablo

@pablo

★★★★☆PC (Microsoft Windows)

A very entertaining puzzle game, the story is nothing to write home about, but it will keep you entertained for a couple of afternoons!