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 623
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 5
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
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 623 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
Minimum: DirectX 7 GPU, 0.3 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Praetorians?
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Set up my PC →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
Does Praetorians have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.
Does Praetorians 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
- Native resolution not supported
- 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
- Full audio: English.
Does Praetorians 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
