Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Historical grand strategy with turn-based empire management and real-time battles
CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive · Published by SEGA, Feral Interactive · Released Sep 2, 2013
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 88K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 283 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 3,104
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 5 days ago
- Sep 17, 2026
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition?
A historical grand strategy game set in the ancient Roman world. You manage a faction’s politics, buildings, and armies in a turn-based campaign, then command large battles in real time; the included Imperator Augustus campaign begins after Caesar’s assassination.
For you if...
- +you enjoy combining empire management with real-time tactical battles
- +you want faction politics and conquest in ancient Rome
- +you play strategy games solo, cooperatively, or competitively
Not for you if...
- −you prefer pure turn-based strategy without real-time battles
- −you want strategy without political or building management
What players say
88% of 88,392 reviews are positive · 91% of 283 in the last 30 days
Players praise the combination of empire building, faction variety, politics, and large battles, especially in the ancient Roman setting. The most common complaint is instability on modern PCs, including Windows 11 launch problems, crashes, and battles hanging during loading.
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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- XP/ Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Processor
- 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor
- Graphics
- 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support).
- Memory
- 2GB RAM
- Storage
- 35 GB HD space
- Notes
- Screen Resolution - 1024x768 Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 / Windows 8
- Processor
- 2nd Generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)
- Graphics
- 1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible graphics card.
- Memory
- 4GB RAM
- Storage
- 35 GB HD space
- Notes
- Screen Resolution - 1920x1080 Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 188
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default configuration is not performant
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, German, French. Text only: Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Czech, Turkish.
Tags
- Strategy
- Historical
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Grand Strategy
- Rome
- Tactical
- War
- Multiplayer
- RTS
- Real Time Tactics
- Turn-Based
- Singleplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Turn-Based Tactics
- Simulation
- Co-op
Recent updates
- Sep 17, 2026 · Crossplay Update
- Jun 22, 2023 · Total War: ROME 2 Game Update
- Dec 10, 2018 · Total War: ROME II Mod Community Fixes Patch
- Sep 4, 2018 · The Rise of the Republic balance patch is now live!
- Aug 15, 2018 · The Total War: ROME II - Rise of the Republic hotfix is live!
14 DLC available.
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