The Forgotten City similar games & best alternatives

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The Forgotten City

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One • 2021

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging and original story
  • Well-developed characters
  • Thought-provoking philosophical themes
  • Immersive historical setting
  • Multiple endings and replay value

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some clunky animations and minor bugs
  • Minimal and unpolished combat
  • Linear exploration with limited player customization
  • Some pacing issues in dialogue

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • King's Quest

  • The Medium

  • The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav

  • The Dark Eye: Memoria

  • Shardlight

  • Dreamfall Chapters

Less intimate

Games that feels like The Forgotten City but with less focus on close relationships

  • Hell is Us

  • Slender Threads

  • One-Eyed Likho

  • Obduction

  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

  • Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition

More expressive

Games that feels like The Forgotten City but with more self-expression and customization

  • Withering Rooms

  • The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

  • Sherlock Holmes Chapter One

  • Oxenfree

  • WitchSpring R

  • Yesterday Origins

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The Forgotten City: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026