Praetorians
Historical real-time strategy built around troop formations and maneuvering
Pyro Studios · Published by Kalypso Media Digital · Released Apr 11, 2014
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 81% of 707
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 3
- peak 24h 5
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 78/100 (critic reviews)
What is Praetorians?
Praetorians is a historical real-time strategy game with single-player and multiplayer modes. In a campaign across Egypt, Gaul, and Italy during the rise of the Roman Empire, you position troops and combine their formations and abilities in a bid to become emperor. Battles involve Roman, Gaulish, and Egyptian armies.
For you if...
- +you enjoy coordinating varied units in fast-moving battles
- +you prefer battlefield tactics to resource management
- +you want a campaign across Egypt, Gaul, and Italy
Not for you if...
- −you want to develop cities instead of commanding battles
- −you want forgiving fights without careful positioning
What players say
81% of 707 reviews are positive
Players praise the unit variety, troop maneuvering, and campaign. Some complain about rigid controls and difficulty spikes, while others report problems getting the game to run.
Screenshots and trailer
Praetorians system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- 1 GHz Processor
- Graphics
- 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 7.0
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
- Native resolution not supported
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
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