The Forgotten City

AdventureIndieRole-playing (RPG)
The Forgotten City
Trailer (1/7)
IDs
IDSteam
103320874260
85
Critic rating
8.1
User rating
HowLongToBeat
Main6.03h
Extra8.49h
100%10.59h
Summary

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.

Storyline

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.

Developers
Modern Storyteller
Publishers
Dear VillagersPlug In Digital
Genres
AdventureIndieRole-playing (RPG)
Platforms
MacPC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 4PlayStation 5Xbox OneXbox Series X|S
Game modes
Single player
Perspectives
First person
Keywords
character customizationcustomizable charactersdetectiveinvestigationmultiple endingsmurder mysterynarrative-drivennon-linearpreviously on - prime gamingroman empiretime looptime manipulationtime travel

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