# Forgotten: D&D style text RPG — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Forgotten by Nicholas Lindboe, rated 4.50/5 from 194 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forgotten-d-and-d-style-text-rpg/id6449876012/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forgotten-d-and-d-style-text-rpg/id6449876012.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 136 · 4★ 38 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Forgotten? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Fun and engaging gameplay - 👍 Interesting story and concept - 👍 Good value for paid content - 👍 Clear interface guidance - 👍 Works well with VoiceOver - 👍 Good RPG and tabletop feel - 👍 Choices matter - 👍 Reasonable price for full game - 👍 Good font size and clarity options - 👍 Lighthearted and fun pastime **Cons** - 🐛 Confusing dice roll mechanics - 🐛 Frequent spelling and grammar errors - 🐛 High failure rate on dice rolls - 🐛 Linear story path - 🐛 Paywall after initial chapters - 🐛 Lack of free player options (ads) - 🐛 Unplayable due to bugs - 🐛 Too much text - 🐛 Frustrating stat system - 🐛 Pointless directional choices - 🐛 Persistent swipe-up bar issue - 🐛 Characters don't react realistically - 🐛 AI art quality concerns - 🐛 Misleading payment model **Commonly reported bugs** - Inventory screen and attribute buttons not labeled for VoiceOver - Character selection screen unplayable (no continue button) - Start button not showing up - Character select bug not fixed - Broken dialogue - Final achievements not awarded **Most requested features** - Add more languages (e.g., Portuguese, Russian) - Add voice acting - Option to watch ads for free players - More explanation for dice rolls - Save progress before fatal choices - More free content or options for free players - More content updates and new chapters - Clarify total number of chapters ## Newest reviews (12 of 42) ### 4/5 — 1 único e pequeno probleminha *2025-12-29, version 12.0* 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 ### 4/5 — I enjoyed it a lot *2025-07-03, version 11.6* Fun but money requires to unlock the rest so 4 ### 4/5 — First play-through thoughts *2025-04-09, version 11.4* 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. ### 4/5 — Characters seem to not recognize the brutal reality *2025-01-08, version 11.4* 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. ### 3/5 — Good *2024-11-13, version 11.3* I want to give some constructive feedback because I feel this game has potential but it needs work. Firstly please proof read your writing, some of the spelling is wrong and some of the grammar is bad. Nothing worse than having to figure out what a word is because it’s spelt wrong. Second there is far too much writing. I know it’s meant to be a story driven game, but no one wants to read pages of text. Just some understanding to get to the next area. Third the stats, having 1 stat point for each stat type is so long winded. You will inevitably lose in certain sections because the stats don’t add up and it just becomes frustrating. It needs to be more straightforward and user friendly. Finally the choices. Why is there a choice to go (left or right). There’s a section where you’re told left left right or something and in that situation it’s fine because it’s a memory short game. However having pointless choices such as left or right or up or down really doesn’t provide much of an experience for the player. Give them an informed option (such as in delight games), where they can make a life or death decision but they’re actually intuitive not just directional. ### 4/5 — 2nd Impressions *2024-11-05, version 11.3* 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. ### 4/5 — Great game but bad grammar *2024-06-19, version 10.0* I really enjoy this game. I don’t mind paying the $3 to unlock the rest of the chapters but the grammar and spelling are atrocious. Makes it hard to fully understand everything at some points in the game. Also while the game boasts being a choose your own adventure style game it follows one linear path and the choices mainly are just for little side events. It still makes for a great game with a lot of replayability. The characters are interesting and the story flows nicely. ### 4/5 — Good Adventure *2024-06-07, version 10.0* Really enjoyable adventure but the editing gets a little sloppy after chapter two. Good content. Tempted to run this adventure for my D&D table ### 4/5 — Seems pretty good *2024-02-02, version 10.0* I like the game I’m just wondering how much gameplay this game actually has. How many words does the story have? If there’s enough gameplay I’ll definitely buy it. ### 4/5 — Games not 100% free *2024-01-29, version 9.0* Honestly the story telling and decision making is great, give off a real good DND vibe (obviously), HOWEVER, due note that if you want to finish the game you’ll need to pay 3.99$ to unlock the full game! ### 3/5 — Needs work *2024-01-27, version 9.0* For a DnD style text adventure there is a rather high lack of “options” for what you want to do, I only did the free chapters and I had very limited options for how to proceed. The reason I say this is because it literally says “choose your fate” can’t really do that with so few choices. My other major complaint is the absolutely abysmal grammar inside the chapters. It has potential, but definitely needs work and a proof reader. ### 3/5 — Alright but you need to pay for access *2024-01-23, version 9.0* It’s sort of like a choose your own adventure for those who don’t know. You can only play up to chapter 2 before you need to pay to gain access to the rest of the story. The story line is not AI generated and has a set main story line so unfortunately the freedom to make your own choice is fairly limited. The plot so far is okay, slightly bit generic but still good. The gameplay is easy and simple to understand. I only played up to chapter 2 but I would recommend it to choose your own story fans or text based adventure fans. Overall, a 3/5 stars for me. But I would definitely revisit it someday. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unplayable *2025-01-02, version 11.3* No way to advance past the character selection screens. No button to continue, all u can do is horz scroll between the chars and you can’t even read their full infos as there isn’t a vert scroll either. Pitty. It’s silly bugs like this that make people frown at indie games and turn to the big sharks… real shame. ### 1/5 — I failed every check *2024-06-30, version 10.0* I played for 2 hours and failed every check, even a 96 was a fail, worst rpg I’ve ever played by far. ### 1/5 — Abysmal and misleading *2024-05-16, version 10.0* Whoever wrote this has zero concept on how to write decently, its AI art so that already ruins it, and then this dev does the same thing these other shady devs do which is hide the fact you have to pay for it, in a wall of text right at the bottom. ### 1/5 — Worthless product *2024-01-24, version 9.0* Two “chapters” that last 2 minutes each then you must buy further chapters, the story is a straight line, there is no character creation of any kind and the dice rolls are backwards. We have AI now and they don’t even care enough to use it to add content. These devs are blantant scam artists, all they want to do is rob consumers. ### 1/5 — Bad writing & Bad AI Generated art *2023-07-11, version 3.0* The writing is so incredibly cringe inducing and the art is so blatantly AI generated and full of obvious graphical glitches and imperfections as a result. Overall I think some bare-minimum effort was put into this game and it shows. ### 2/5 — Can’t even pick a background *2024-09-12, version 11.3* 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 ### 2/5 — It’s ok but not worth paying for *2024-05-18, version 10.0* The game has a lot of potential but comes up too short to justify paying anything to continue. It has far to many spelling errors. The story seems good but the ability to “choose” doesn’t actually happen often. There were multiple times I would not have done what I was forced to. It makes the story limited and seems more like reading a choose your own adventure book where the desired outcome only happens when you choose correctly. If you choose poorly you start over and just choose differently. Your rolls don’t a seem to matter as you replay it goes the same path based on choices not roll outcomes. No real replay ability. ### 3/5 — Great potential. Could be better *2025-10-21, version 11.6* 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 ### 3/5 — D20/not a D20? Confusing… *2025-08-03, version 11.6* 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. ### 3/5 — Good story, but feels rigged *2025-02-13, version 11.4* 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. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it! *2026-07-06, version 12.0* Wish there were more chapters ### 5/5 — A fun adventure *2026-05-03, version 12.0* This app firstly is a lot of fun, secondly the interface guides you through clearly, and thirdly works well with VoiceOver. The only things which need labeling properly are the inventory screen, and attribute buttons, both don’t speak when you swipe to them with the Voiceover screen reader. ### 5/5 — Great really enjoying it! *2025-07-09, version 11.6* I have been playing this game for a few hours now and I have enjoyed every second of it. I’ve always loved RPGs and after getting into tabletop versions I thought I might try a text based one. PLAY THIS GAME it’s not to easy not to hard and just fab! ### 5/5 — Debug *2025-03-15, version 11.4* Didnt fix character select bug ### 5/5 — Buena idea! *2025-02-03* Muy recomendable pasatiempos. Un juego ligero y divertido a la vez. Mucho mejor que estar con los juegos convencionales ### 5/5 — I love this concept *2024-06-14, version 10.0* I haven’t played through the last few chapters yet but I think the few bucks is worth it. I’m just worried the developers won’t continue the game. Since their last update was 4 months ago. Regardless, I love the way it plays. A choose your own adventure with consequences and skills that directly correlate to likelihood choices. It’s very simple sure, but I honestly want more of it. I hope they continue with new stories and even more possibilities to explore. It may not be for everyone, but I suggest people at least try the first two chapters. ### 5/5 — Excellent game *2024-05-04, version 10.0* I’m only on my first play-through (might’ve restarted a couple of times) but I’m enjoying it so much that I thought I’d share The choices feel like they matter, and I am already looking forward to playing through it all, again, to find out how I could’ve done things differently Happily paid for the full game (yet to finish) and, assuming the quality continues through, I would be happy to pay for more expansions Another reviewer mentioned the typos, and they are fairly frequent, but I don’t find them to be too off-putting (native English speaker, if that helps) As a fan of digital action RPGs, and fairly new to interactive stories, I highly recommend trying out this game - two chapters free was enough for me to know I wanted more ### 5/5 — Free chapters are great | one detail tho *2024-03-26, version 10.0* I loved the free chapters and I’m thinking about buying the full version, but I have no idea on how many chapters there are in total. ### 5/5 — Great *2024-02-09* The game is fire, I don’t see any issues with the game yet and I like the story going with the rpg. But there is one thing I want in this game and it’s voice acting. It would be way better if I had to hear someone telling me the story with me just taking action into the game and not focusing on reading it by myself. I also agree with the other review asking for russian language, but voice acting will give way more impact into the game. **Developer response:** That's a great idea, thank you. ### 5/5 — Good read regardless of some minor mistakes *2024-01-15, version 9.0* It’s a good read but it does still have some grammatical errors. That being said it is not a big deal since they are few and far between. If you have the money to spare I would definitely recommend buying the whole story. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-14.*