The Forgotten City: 1 Game of the Year award

No: The Forgotten City collected 1 Game of the Year award in 2021 and finished No. 44; the season went to It Takes Two with 89. The Game Awards named It Takes Two its Game of the Year.

The Forgotten City is a mystery adventure role-playing game developed by Australian developer Modern Storyteller and published by Dear Villagers with additional support from Film Victoria. It is a full game adaptation of the critically acclaimed Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim mod of the same name.

Description via Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Forgotten City finished #44 in the 2021 race, with 1 GOTY award from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

1Total awards
1Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2021 season: It Takes Two (89), Resident Evil Village (62), Forza Horizon 5 (54), Scarlet Nexus (1), The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (1), Wildermyth (1) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did The Forgotten City win?

The Forgotten City won 1 Game of the Year award in the 2021 season — 0.2% of every award tracked that season. 1 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did The Forgotten City win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 44 in 2021, behind It Takes Two, which collected 89 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerNo
Online multiplayerNo
Released28 July 2021
DeveloperModern Storyteller
PublisherDear Villagers

adventure video game
historical video game
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S
Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
Canada	1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
TheGamer	Canada	2021

← Full 2021 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.