The Forgotten City
- Developer
- Modern Storyteller
- Publisher
- Dear Villagers
- Released
- 28 July 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £20.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, macOS, Xbox One
Genres: role playing rpg , adventure , indie
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.
Best gaming PC for The Forgotten City in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Forgotten City today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Dear Villagers on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 SP1 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit |
| CPU | 3GHz (4 Core) CPU | 3.2 GHz (4 Core) CPU |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti 2GB | AMD Radeon R7 265 | NVIDIA GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580 |
| Storage | 26 GB | 26 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run The Forgotten City?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 3.2 GHz (4 Core) CPU and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GTX 1060 | AMD Radeon RX 580, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.