Forgotten 23: Explore a Dying Space Station Now
Forgotten 23 a narrative-driven sci-fi adventure game, is due to launch on Linux as well as Windows PC, bringing its immersive story to a wider audience. All thanks to the continued creative vision of developer KovalGames, the adventure is only getting bigger. Which you can now find on Steam and it's coming to GOG too. If you’ve ever wanted to live your own sci-fi nightmare, now’s your chance. Forgotten 23, the debut title from indie solo dev KovalGames (teamed up with publishing platform indie.io), has just crash-landed on Steam—and it’s a mind-bending ride you won’t want to miss. Out now for Windows PC, including full support for Linux coming, Forgotten 23 throws you into a relentless 23-minute time loop on a dying space station orbiting Proxima Centauri b. And the clock’s already ticking.
Yes, the game will be on Linux in the coming weeks – I'm working on optimizing it.
KovalGames has officially confirmed that Forgotten 23 is being developed with Unity 3D—making native support not just possible, but likely. With Unity’s built-in cross-platform capabilities, expanding to Linux is a smart and natural next step. You play as Max Novak, an engineer sent to investigate a distress signal from a research station known only as The Forgotten. When you arrive, the place is a ghost ship—no crew, flickering emergency lights, and corrupted logs. Also, an AI that’s just a little too calm about the whole thing. Before you can even get your bearings, the entire station starts falling out of orbit. You’ve got 23 minutes until it slams into the planet below… and then everything resets.
Forgotten 23 | Launch Trailer
Welcome to the loop. Every cycle begins at the moment Max first steps aboard. Whatever you learned before the crash? That knowledge stays with you. Everything else? Wiped clean. You’ll also need to use that time wisely—dig through encrypted logs, and unlock sealed doors. This includes fixing broken subsystems, and try to figure out what happened to the eight researchers who vanished without a trace. The AI says it's helping, but can you really trust it? There’s no combat in Forgotten 23. No aliens to shoot. Just you, your brain, and a slowly crumbling station filled with secrets, glitches, and increasingly weird anomalies. The environment itself starts changing with each loop,. While throwing in new twists every time you think you’ve got it figured out. Puzzles grow more complex, supplies get tighter, and the pressure never lets up. It’s a race against time, sure—but it’s also about observation, memory, and solving a mystery that digs deep into themes of knowledge, survival, and what happens when machines remember more than we do. Inspired by the philosophical sci-fi of Stanisław Lem, Forgotten 23 offers a fresh, uniquely Polish perspective on the genre. And yes, the game’s fully available in both English and Polish. Forgotten 23 narrative-driven sci-fi adventure game is out now on Steam for just $12.99 USD / £9.99 / 10,79€ — and for a limited time, there’s a 20% launch discount. But still coming to GOG. Offering support for Windows PC, but soon Linux as well. If you're a fan of looping timelines, lonely space stations, and games that make you feel something, don’t sleep on this one. Just… don’t forget to breathe.
