The Forgotten City
Developer Modern Storyteller
Publisher Dear Villagers
Format PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Release Out now
A dapted by a core team of three from a popular Skyrim mod, The Forgotten City is an absorbing reminder that videogames are naturally suited to detective fiction. It arrives at the perfect time, at once riding the recent wave of unconventional detective games such as Return Of The Obra Dinn and Paradise Killer, but also the coattails of the time-loop trend. As it casts your contemporary protagonist into a 2,000-year-old cursed Roman city, its hook allows developer Modern Storyteller to throw in a few timely gags. Asked if you can understand the concept of a collective being condemned by the acts of selfish individuals, you’re given the opportunity to reply that, yes, you’ve recently lived through a pandemic.