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The Forgotten City

The Forgotten City

July 28, 2021 $6.24
Windows

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.

About

Travel 2,000 years into the past and relive the final days of a cursed Roman city, where if one person sins, everyone dies. Combat is an option, but violence will only get you so far. Only by questioning an intertwined community of colourful 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. Explore an open-world ancient Roman city with historically authentic art, architecture, costumes and customs Investigate a gripping, non-linear mystery with multiple endings Become entwined in the lives of richly detailed, deeply interactive characters Grapple with moral dilemmas which have life-and-death consequences Play as whoever you want, by choosing your character’s gender, origin and backstory Solve problems with reason, charm, bribery, intimidation, violence, or by cleverly exploiting the time-loop

Description

WISHLIST DEAR VILLAGERS' NEW GAME Awards & Nominations About the Game Travel 2,000 years into the past and relive the final days of a cursed Roman city, where if one person sins, everyone dies. Combat is an option, but violence will only get you so far. Only by questioning an intertwined community of colourful 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. Explore an open-world ancient Roman city with historically authentic art, architecture, costumes and customs Investigate a gripping, non-linear mystery with multiple endings Become entwined in the lives of richly detailed, deeply interactive characters Grapple with moral dilemmas which have life-and-death consequences Play as whoever you want, by choosing your character’s gender, origin and backstory Solve problems with reason, charm, bribery, intimidation, violence, or by cleverly exploiting the time-loop

85 Metacritic
11008 Positive
451 Negative
10296 Recommendations
51 Peak CCU
40 Achievements

Developer

Modern Storyteller

Publisher

Dear Villagers

Genres

Adventure, Indie, RPG

Categories

Single-player, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing, Steam Achievements, Full controller support

Tags

Adventure (277) Time Travel (260) Mystery (253) Exploration (247) Choices Matter (233) Investigation (227) Story Rich (226) Indie (224) RPG (212) First-Person (208) Multiple Endings (198) Walking Simulator (197) Atmospheric (186) Philosophical (160) Great Soundtrack (156) Remake (144) Fantasy (144) Rome (137) Open World (137) Silent Protagonist (119)

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About

Travel 2,000 years into the past and relive the final days of a cursed Roman city, where if one person sins, everyone dies. Combat is an option, but violence will only get you so far. Only by questioning an intertwined community of colourful 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. Explore an open-world ancient Roman city with historically authentic art, architecture, costumes and customs Investigate a gripping, non-linear mystery with multiple endings Become entwined in the lives of richly detailed, deeply interactive characters Grapple with moral dilemmas which have life-and-death consequences Play as whoever you want, by choosing your character’s gender, origin and backstory Solve problems with reason, charm, bribery, intimidation, violence, or by cleverly exploiting the time-loop

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