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The Forgotten City

Modern Storyteller · Dear Villagers · 2021-07-28

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AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 28, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jul 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 28, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 28, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Feb 23, 2023 (Mac)

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.

61
playing now
96%
positive of 14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (154 ratings)
9.2h
to beat · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

61 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure role-playing game developed by Australian developer Modern Storyteller and published by Dear Villagers with additional support from Film Victoria. It is a full game adaptation of the critically acclaimed Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim mod of the same name. Initially released in 2015 as a game mod, the full game was released in July 2021 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A cloud-based version launched in September 2021 for the Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 61 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 827 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~103/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 272k–612k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,592 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$3.74-85%
Steam$4.99-80%
GreenManGaming$5.13-79%
Humble Store$6.24-75%
GOG$6.25-75%
GOG$6.25-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at IndieGala Store (2024-09-04) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 132 of 170 observed days · $1.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.3k1.3k20212026Week of 2021-07-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,286 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

61142026-08-06 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 43 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 48 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 41 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 31 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 39 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 21 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 33 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 20 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 42 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 61 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$31.48$3.742021-07-282026-08-302021-07-28 — best price $21.242021-10-20 — best price $19.992021-12-06 — best price $12.492022-01-22 — best price $24.992022-03-21 — best price $18.742022-05-17 — best price $19.672022-07-21 — best price $24.992022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-11-01 — best price $19.672023-01-03 — best price $24.992023-03-06 — best price $11.742023-04-27 — best price $24.992023-06-19 — best price $22.492023-08-03 — best price $9.812023-09-25 — best price $11.242023-11-09 — best price $8.742024-01-05 — best price $24.992024-02-26 — best price $9.992024-04-19 — best price $6.362024-06-19 — best price $7.492024-08-02 — best price $4.982024-09-30 — best price $4.162024-11-09 — best price $19.882025-01-03 — best price $6.242025-02-03 — best price $17.542025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-05-01 — best price $6.242025-07-03 — best price $24.992025-08-11 — best price $5.002025-09-25 — best price $6.242025-11-03 — best price $5.242025-12-08 — best price $4.092026-01-22 — best price $5.812026-02-28 — best price $24.992026-04-07 — best price $6.252026-05-07 — best price $4.842026-06-14 — best price $24.992026-07-25 — best price $24.992026-08-14 — best price $3.742026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3001232026-05-30 — 170 pageviews2026-06-02 — 166 pageviews2026-06-05 — 177 pageviews2026-06-08 — 169 pageviews2026-06-11 — 237 pageviews2026-06-14 — 201 pageviews2026-06-17 — 151 pageviews2026-06-20 — 300 pageviews2026-06-23 — 166 pageviews2026-06-26 — 151 pageviews2026-06-29 — 132 pageviews2026-07-02 — 130 pageviews2026-07-05 — 193 pageviews2026-07-08 — 132 pageviews2026-07-11 — 157 pageviews2026-07-14 — 153 pageviews2026-07-17 — 176 pageviews2026-07-20 — 185 pageviews2026-07-23 — 175 pageviews2026-07-26 — 228 pageviews2026-07-29 — 204 pageviews2026-08-01 — 166 pageviews2026-08-04 — 192 pageviews2026-08-07 — 137 pageviews2026-08-10 — 161 pageviews2026-08-13 — 199 pageviews2026-08-16 — 176 pageviews2026-08-19 — 160 pageviews2026-08-22 — 142 pageviews2026-08-25 — 163 pageviews2026-08-27 — 160 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
71.4%
earned "Looper"
38%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)10,93513%40
Steam (Steam)7,33213%40
PS5 (PlayStation)5,71937%41
PS4 (PlayStation)1,29540%41
PS4 (PlayStation)1,03336%41

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExplorationTime TravelFirst-PersonInvestigation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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