Grand Ages: Rome
Roman city-building strategy with trade, land battles, and naval warfare
Haemimont Games · Published by Kalypso Media Digital · Released Mar 20, 2009
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 75% of 663
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 4
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 72/100 (critic reviews)
What is Grand Ages: Rome?
As a governor in the Roman Empire, you build settlements, manage trade and citizens' needs, and defend against attacks. The city-building strategy game has a nonlinear single-player campaign with 40 missions, a choice of five noble families, and land and naval battles.
For you if...
- +you enjoy building Roman settlements and managing citizens' needs
- +you want a mission-based campaign that mixes building with combat
Not for you if...
- −you want city building without military battles
- −you prefer action over managing settlements and trade
What players say
75% of 663 reviews are positive
Players praise the Roman city-building, graphics, and mix of settlement management with combat. Several report crashes or launch problems; one player says installing the Reign of Augustus expansion prevents the game from launching.
Screenshots and trailer
Grand Ages: Rome system requirements
Minimum: 128 MB 3d ( ® 6600, 1 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Grand Ages: Rome?
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- OS
- Windows® XP & Vista
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz Single Core Processor
- Graphics
- 128 MB 3d Video Card (GeForce® 6600/Radeon® 9600 or better)
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB
Does Grand Ages: Rome have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Grand Ages: Rome run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Device compatibility warnings shown
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German.
Does Grand Ages: Rome use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
