Nova Roma
Roman city building shaped by water, weather, and divine intervention
Lion Shield · Published by Hooded Horse · Released Mar 26, 2026 · Early Access
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 2,323
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 196 in 30 days
- Players
- 193
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 2 days ago
- Oct 26, 2026
What is Nova Roma?
In this city-building simulation, you lead a small group of citizens to found a settlement as the Roman Empire declines. You expand a village into a metropolis, organize production and transport, meet residents’ growing needs, and manage taxes and technological progress.
For you if...
- +you prefer a relaxed pace focused on city growth
- +you enjoy balancing practical layouts with visual customization
Not for you if...
- −you want to build cities alongside friends in multiplayer
What players say
93% of 2,323 reviews are positive · 91% of 196 in the last 30 days
Players praise the water simulation. Some find resource logistics unclear or want more varied ways to develop their cities.
Screenshots and trailer
Nova Roma system requirements
Minimum: GTX 1050, 4 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Nova Roma?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
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- OS
- Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i5-6600K (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G (quad-core)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ R9 285 (2 GB)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel® Core™ i7-12700K (octa-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 7 2700X (octa-core)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 (8 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX 7600 (8 GB)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Does Nova Roma have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Nova Roma run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- 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
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 36
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Portugal.
Does Nova Roma 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Strategy
- Simulation
- City Builder
- Base Building
- Grand Strategy
- Historical
- Management
- Building
- Sandbox
- Economy
- Colony Sim
- Resource Management
- Open World
- Survival
- Singleplayer
- Moddable
Recent updates
- Oct 26, 2026 · Version 0.7.2983 - Small Fixes
- Oct 15, 2026 · Update 16 - Colosseum Games, Plague System, Map Editor, Photo Mode
- Sep 18, 2026 · Update 15 - Water System Overhaul
- Aug 12, 2026 · Minor Hotpatch (0.7.2287)
- Jul 16, 2026 · Update 14 - QoL, Fixes
