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The Forgotten City

by Modern Storyteller

  • Released Jul 28, 2021
  • $24.99
  • 7 h to beat
  • Mac
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X|S

96%positive reviews

13,268 positive579 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Gripping time-loop mystery

  • Good choices and characters

Cons

  • Modern politics overtakes the history

  • Underwhelming for some players

Mixed

  • Some call it an entertaining mystery, others say the writing is preachy

Media

Trailer (YouTube)Developer Interview (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)Gameplay Trailer (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)Launch Trailer (YouTube)Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64-bit

Processor: 3GHz (4 Core) CPU

Memory: 8 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti 2GB | AMD Radeon R7 265

DirectX: Version 11

Storage: 26 GB available space

Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

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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…

Ratings

  • 81IGDB players158 ratings
  • 90Critics5 reviews
  • 85Overall163 scores

Time to beat

  • 7 hStory onlyto the credits
  • 8.9 hStory and extraswith side content
  • 12.9 hCompletionist100%

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LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English
English (UK)
Chinese (Simplified)
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Russian
Spanish (Spain)

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