Reviews of Forgotten: D&D style text RPG

By: Nicholas Lindboe App

List of user reviews and ratings for Forgotten: D&D style text RPG

Total ratings

4.50 (Rating count: 216)

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Review summary

The reviews praise the core concept, engaging story, and solid design, noting the game is enjoyable and has potential. However, they consistently flag monetization as overly restrictive, a confusing dice mechanic, writing quality issues, limited branching, and several UI/technical bugs. Together these suggest a promising premise hampered by paywalls, unclear dice rules, and polish gaps, with many calling for more free access or ads, clearer dice explanations, better proofreading, fewer linear paths, and smoother onboarding.

Pros

Interesting concept and an engaging story with interesting characters.
Strong UI/design that stands out and feels well crafted for a choose-your-adventure style.
Offers replay potential and meaningful choices that can affect outcomes.
Overall enjoyable narrative with noticeable potential for future content and improvements.

Cons

Monetization/paywall is restrictive and free chapters are short; users suggest ads as an alternative.
Difficult to understand dice system; results seem inconsistent and unclear how successes are determined.
Frequent grammar and spelling issues, plus concerns about AI-generated art/graphics quality.
Choices feel limited and the narrative can feel linear rather than true branching.
Bugs and UI problems hinder onboarding and play (start button sometimes missing, persistent UI bars, etc.).

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.60

All time rating average: 4.50

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14% (3)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-12-29	l4*****	Eu achei o jogo em bem legal mais seria muito bom se tivesse em outras línguas entendo um pouco inglês mais complica em muitos momentos por não ser 100% fluente agradeceria muito se adicionassem isso
Eu achei o jogo em bem legal mais seria muito bom se tivesse em outras línguas entendo um pouco inglês mais complica em muitos momentos por não ser 100% fluente agradeceria muito se adicionassem isso
2025-10-21	Pi*****	The concept is really interesting and the layout and gameplay are better than most choose your own adventures on iOS. But there are a few issues. 1) the dice is weird. It took me a chapter and a half to realize that 43% success was if I rolled a 43 or lower I succeeded. I would explain that to players on the first dice roll. 2) it’s really disheartening when you fail so many dice rolls in a row. I get that the success rate is low because you need to get your stats better, but you also have to keep people engaged in the first couple of chapters and if they keep failing dice rolls and they feel like they’re missing out on the story they’re not going to want to continue playing. 3) I get that you want to make money off the game and I don’t fault you for that but saying that “this is the last free chapter” does not make me want to continue playing as a free player. Especially since the first chapter was so short. Most games don’t let you know that the following chapters are priced until you get there. Also I think there should be options for free players like watching ads. You would get more money from ads then you would by people not playing because it’s not free. But it is a good game. Interesting story and has great potential
The concept is really interesting and the layout and gameplay are better than most choose your own adventures on iOS. But there are a few issues. 1) the dice is weird. It took me a chapter and a half to realize that 43% success was if I rolled a 43 or lower I succeeded. I would explain that to players on the first dice roll. 2) it’s really disheartening when you fail so many dice rolls in a row. I get that the success rate is low because you need to get your stats better, but you also have to keep people engaged in the first couple of chapters and if they keep failing dice rolls and they feel like they’re missing out on the story they’re not going to want to continue playing. 3) I get that you want to make money off the game and I don’t fault you for that but saying that “this is the last free chapter” does not make me want to continue playing as a free player. Especially since the first chapter was so short. Most games don’t let you know that the following chapters are priced until you get there. Also I think there should be options for free players like watching ads. You would get more money from ads then you would by people not playing because it’s not free. But it is a good game. Interesting story and has great potential
2025-08-03	Co*****	The dice rolls are SUPER annoying. I have no idea what dice I’m rolling, but I’ve had results as high as 92- on something that looks like a D20? How can the same check fail on an 88 & 92, but succeed on a 42? Is it the opposite of D&D, and we’re trying to roll low instead of high? If the numbers on the dice are a combination of the number rolled with modifiers added, than DON’T. Just use the (presumably?) D20 like a D20 and show me what I rolled- a number between 1 & 20. It doesn’t need to be complicated, but if you do want to complicate it, at least add an explanation. As it is now, I have no idea what I’m trying to roll for, and it ruins the game.
The dice rolls are SUPER annoying. I have no idea what dice I’m rolling, but I’ve had results as high as 92- on something that looks like a D20? How can the same check fail on an 88 & 92, but succeed on a 42? Is it the opposite of D&D, and we’re trying to roll low instead of high? If the numbers on the dice are a combination of the number rolled with modifiers added, than DON’T. Just use the (presumably?) D20 like a D20 and show me what I rolled- a number between 1 & 20. It doesn’t need to be complicated, but if you do want to complicate it, at least add an explanation. As it is now, I have no idea what I’m trying to roll for, and it ruins the game.
2025-07-03	hh*****	Fun but money requires to unlock the rest so 4
Fun but money requires to unlock the rest so 4
2025-04-09	"U*****	I genuinely loved my first play-through and before I start my second, I wanted to leave a review. I gladly paid the 2.99 to continue as an appreciation to the two who made the game (and because I was attached to the story). Only reason I left 4 stars and not 5 was the spelling errors, which were few and far between, but distracting for me.
I genuinely loved my first play-through and before I start my second, I wanted to leave a review. I gladly paid the 2.99 to continue as an appreciation to the two who made the game (and because I was attached to the story). Only reason I left 4 stars and not 5 was the spelling errors, which were few and far between, but distracting for me.
2025-03-15	tv*****	Didnt fix character select bug
Didnt fix character select bug
2025-02-13	Da*****	The stories are cool, but for the dice rolls something is off. No matter how high your chances are 8/10 times you will lose. The more Important the choice is the more likely you lose. That's my experience so far. That's my only complaint.
The stories are cool, but for the dice rolls something is off. No matter how high your chances are 8/10 times you will lose. The more Important the choice is the more likely you lose. That's my experience so far. That's my only complaint.
2025-01-08	US*****	I think this is a great game concept and I hope for more content like this as I love story developing games controlled by your decisions and love the unknown factor play from the dice. HOWEVER, considering what happens to the characters early on in the story, there’s constantly times where they’re laughing and smiling and having the time of their lives when it makes no total sense for them to consider all the losses had and the severity of their journey and everything going on around them. It takes away from any seriousness that the characters realistically probably would have. Yes laughter and humor along with lighthearted can help lighten the mood people often face, but the backstory of this whole journey seems almost forgotten or like the characters were not phased. Besides that, love the game mechanics. Also, if grammar is important to you and somewhat occasional grammar mistakes mess with you, this may not be the game for you.
I think this is a great game concept and I hope for more content like this as I love story developing games controlled by your decisions and love the unknown factor play from the dice. HOWEVER, considering what happens to the characters early on in the story, there’s constantly times where they’re laughing and smiling and having the time of their lives when it makes no total sense for them to consider all the losses had and the severity of their journey and everything going on around them. It takes away from any seriousness that the characters realistically probably would have. Yes laughter and humor along with lighthearted can help lighten the mood people often face, but the backstory of this whole journey seems almost forgotten or like the characters were not phased. Besides that, love the game mechanics. Also, if grammar is important to you and somewhat occasional grammar mistakes mess with you, this may not be the game for you.
2024-11-05	Er*****	Too contrived and boring story line. And the 60% failure rate to start off is lame, to force difficulty. Moving on. - On iPhone 12 the swipe up bar is 100% persistent making real difficult to choose Select at the bottom of the screen. I had to use a stylus to select Select. That you for the font size adjust! (You other developers take note please.) And the white font/black background for maximum clarity (again, developers take note please). Not everybody has correctable to 20/20 vision! We tend to forget that not everyone is like you (me). Very few developers consider these facts. More later. Dungeon diving.
Too contrived and boring story line. And the 60% failure rate to start off is lame, to force difficulty. Moving on. - On iPhone 12 the swipe up bar is 100% persistent making real difficult to choose Select at the bottom of the screen. I had to use a stylus to select Select. That you for the font size adjust! (You other developers take note please.) And the white font/black background for maximum clarity (again, developers take note please). Not everybody has correctable to 20/20 vision! We tend to forget that not everyone is like you (me). Very few developers consider these facts. More later. Dungeon diving.
2024-09-12	lu*****	Was hoping to play but can’t even get past the first part of starting it cuz the button to start doesn’t even show up nice real nice
Was hoping to play but can’t even get past the first part of starting it cuz the button to start doesn’t even show up nice real nice