The Forgotten City

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The Forgotten City

Short description

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.

Developer
Modern Storyteller
Publisher
Dear Villagers
Release
Wed, Jul 28, 2021
Price
$24.99
Reviews
11,250
Positive
96%
Followers
40,895
Owners (estimated)
500K – 1M
Concurrent players
51
Genres
Adventure, Indie, RPG
Features
Full controller support
Tags
Adventure Time Travel Mystery Exploration Choices Matter Investigation Story Rich Indie RPG First-Person Multiple Endings Walking Simulator Atmospheric Philosophical Great Soundtrack Remake Fantasy Rome Open World Silent Protagonist
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$11msomewhere between $10.9m and $19.6m · roughly 500K–900K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $21.76, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $24.99 launch price. That is 13% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

84 data points since Aug 13, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$10.9m → ~$11m
Reviews 11,030 → 11,250
Followers 40,639 → 40,895
Concurrent players 51 → 51
Price $24.99 → $24.99
Positive reviews 96.0% → 96.0%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 178 further data points reach back to Jul 1, 2021 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $4.99 on Aug 28, 2026.

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