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Alea Jacta Est
“ALEA JACTA EST” (The Die is Cast) is what Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon River when he learned that the Senate had removed him from his command. Crossing that small Italian river was equivalent to disobeying Rome’s orders and entering into open rebellion in this historical turn-based strateg
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“You love Grand Strategy Games? You love historical Settings? You are willing to read a manual? You love a challenge? You are not afraid of your wife? You know how to handle the "Just one more turn" syndrom? Graphics and visual presentation is not more important for you than…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“My 1st ever Ageod game. I remeber buying the DVD version of it (those were the days!) playing thru the tutorial, a big WTF and then I didnt touch it for 3 years. Then I got somehow back into it, checked the amazing Ageod forums and became a lifelong addict to anything Ageod ever…”
— a player, Steam review · 211 hrs played“Alea Jacta Est as an idea for a game is a good one In execution it needs a lot of work The game suffers from slow run time and an annoying habit of crashing and at times the game simply doesn't register my commands and i have to click multiple times before it gets the message…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Rome · Historical · Grand Strategy · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Replay Value (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Official site | http://www.ageod.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista/Win7/Win8/Win 10 Processor: Pentium IV 1800+ MHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 128 MB DirectX 9 Compatible Graphics Card DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card