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The Forgotten City

Modern Storyteller · Dear Villagers · 2021-07-28

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AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

The Forgotten City is a 2021 Adventure, Indie, and RPG priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 13,678 reviews) sentiment.

23
playing now
96%
positive of 14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (154 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (379 downloads)
4.60★
PlayStation Store rating (4,018 ratings)
9.2h
to beat · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

The Forgotten City trailer thumbnail

The Forgotten City - Official Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2020

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 23 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 3% of 29,023 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 274k–616k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,678 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.49-90%
GreenManGaming$4.10-84%
Steam$4.99-80%
WinGameStore$4.99-80%
GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at IndieGala Store (2026-09-08) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 165 of 197 observed days · at its 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

64122026-09-15 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 20 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 29 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 56 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 20 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 30 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 44 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 43 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 42 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 60 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 24 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 29 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
17419Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 174 · peak 574Oct 2021 — avg 75 · peak 253Dec 2021 — avg 88 · peak 274Feb 2022 — avg 57 · peak 139Apr 2022 — avg 42 · peak 169Jun 2022 — avg 63 · peak 184Aug 2022 — avg 36 · peak 98Oct 2022 — avg 54 · peak 278Dec 2022 — avg 37 · peak 88Feb 2023 — avg 22 · peak 65Apr 2023 — avg 43 · peak 168Jun 2023 — avg 25 · peak 203Aug 2023 — avg 29 · peak 93Oct 2023 — avg 38 · peak 122Dec 2023 — avg 40 · peak 94Feb 2024 — avg 29 · peak 67Apr 2024 — avg 32 · peak 91Jun 2024 — avg 28 · peak 72Aug 2024 — avg 31 · peak 90Oct 2024 — avg 24 · peak 66Dec 2024 — avg 38 · peak 88Feb 2025 — avg 28 · peak 92Apr 2025 — avg 32 · peak 80Jun 2025 — avg 50 · peak 151Aug 2025 — avg 35 · peak 98Oct 2025 — avg 41 · peak 128Dec 2025 — avg 38 · peak 97Feb 2026 — avg 27 · peak 75Apr 2026 — avg 28 · peak 74Jun 2026 — avg 41 · peak 117Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 91
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$31.48$2.492021-07-282026-10-152021-07-28 — best price $21.242021-11-01 — best price $24.992021-12-23 — best price $18.742022-03-04 — best price $17.492022-05-17 — best price $19.672022-07-28 — best price $31.482022-10-18 — best price $19.672022-12-15 — best price $21.722023-03-06 — best price $11.742023-05-05 — best price $13.742023-07-21 — best price $9.902023-09-14 — best price $17.622023-11-09 — best price $8.742024-01-18 — best price $10.002024-03-15 — best price $10.002024-06-06 — best price $4.992024-08-02 — best price $4.982024-10-17 — best price $21.482024-11-30 — best price $19.672025-01-27 — best price $4.092025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-05-14 — best price $24.992025-07-25 — best price $4.092025-09-13 — best price $19.882025-11-03 — best price $5.242025-12-19 — best price $5.682026-02-12 — best price $6.242026-03-27 — best price $6.292026-05-07 — best price $4.842026-07-03 — best price $6.242026-08-06 — best price $5.162026-08-26 — best price $6.252026-09-15 — best price $2.492026-10-05 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2751102026-05-30 — 170 pageviews2026-06-03 — 182 pageviews2026-06-07 — 188 pageviews2026-06-11 — 237 pageviews2026-06-15 — 150 pageviews2026-06-19 — 164 pageviews2026-06-23 — 166 pageviews2026-06-27 — 146 pageviews2026-07-01 — 136 pageviews2026-07-05 — 193 pageviews2026-07-09 — 125 pageviews2026-07-13 — 139 pageviews2026-07-17 — 176 pageviews2026-07-21 — 199 pageviews2026-07-25 — 221 pageviews2026-07-29 — 204 pageviews2026-08-02 — 184 pageviews2026-08-06 — 143 pageviews2026-08-10 — 161 pageviews2026-08-14 — 170 pageviews2026-08-18 — 173 pageviews2026-08-22 — 142 pageviews2026-08-26 — 168 pageviews2026-08-30 — 182 pageviews2026-09-03 — 139 pageviews2026-09-07 — 157 pageviews2026-09-11 — 148 pageviews2026-09-15 — 141 pageviews2026-09-19 — 160 pageviews2026-09-23 — 223 pageviews2026-09-27 — 207 pageviews2026-10-01 — 166 pageviews2026-10-05 — 138 pageviews2026-10-08 — 217 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-07-28 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGIndieMysteryAdventureStory RichAtmosphericExplorationTime TravelFirst-PersonInvestigation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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