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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

SimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mostly Positive
75% of 820
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
3
right now
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.

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 820 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.

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Grand Ages: Rome

Grand Ages: Rome system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

  • 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

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, German.

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