Pompeii: The Legacy

Roman city builder following a family's rise across generations

Siscia Games · Released Apr 9, 2026

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 78% of 281
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 17; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 2 days ago; Oct 26, 2026
Minimum PC: GeForce GTX 1060; 16 GB RAM · 24 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Pompeii: The Legacy?

This single-player city-building strategy game puts you in charge of a Roman family rebuilding Pompeii twenty years after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. You construct housing and public buildings, manage trade routes, and balance the needs of different social classes. You also shape laws, arrange marriage alliances, and seek favor with emperors.

For you if...

+you enjoy planning layouts and managing production chains
+you like historical settings centered on ancient Rome

Not for you if...

−you want fast-paced play with constant pressure

What players say

78% of 281 reviews are positive

Players praise the graphics and building detail. Some criticize resource and storage management, and recent reviews also report freezing and crashes.

Screenshots and trailer

Pompeii: The Legacy system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 1060, 16 GB RAM, 24 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3470 or AMD FX 6350
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1060 4 GB or AMD Radeon™ RX 580
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 24 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

Does Pompeii: The Legacy have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Pompeii: The Legacy 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
Achievements: 25
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages: Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish.

Does Pompeii: The Legacy 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