The Forgotten City Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-16
- Compelling and unique story
- High-quality puzzles and gameplay
- Beautiful graphics and atmosphere
- Repetitive and short gameplay
- Poor writing and character development
- Stiff and odd facial animations
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMpositiveWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 13,167
- Positive
- 12,64196.0%
- Negative
- 5264.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 889,047
- Estimated revenue
- $22,217,285
- Game price
- $25
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 201.05%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,350
- Estimated revenue lost
- $33,737
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 211.1% Avg playtime 0.9h | 301.6% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 713.7% Avg playtime 8h | 1,79093.6% Avg playtime 11h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 67.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,753 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
1,912 total
Organic purchasers1,42274.4%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations49025.6%
Voted up: 97%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
1,912 total
First impression0-2h623.24%
Voted up: 63%
Mid game2-10h1,06855.9%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h72137.7%
Voted up: 98%
Endgame20h+613.19%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.9%
Global baseline 95.2%
64 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 13,167 total.