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Imperator: Rome
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
19 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“I played this game a long time ago and only now finally decided to buy it — though I wouldn’t say Paradox really deserves my money for it. They created a fantastic skeleton, but it only truly gained flesh thanks to the…”
“Good game, not worth the price as it has been effectively abandoned by the devs. With the Invictus mod you will have fun on this game, but I recommend buying it on G2A, third party or during a major sale.”
“Without mods, a solid and (because it's done development) broadly complete game, if lacking in some flavor. With mods? Genuinely one of the richest strategy experiences around. And the art/map/UI is just gorgeous; kudos…”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Please Paradox, continue supporting the game! Everyone please consider dropping a few bucks when this game is on sale and buy this absolute gem.”
“Classic! is good worth a play or two if on sale.”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“The game has redeemed itself in my eyes. it had a rough launch sure but it is genuinely quite good.”
“Over-hated due to a terrible release. The 2.0 re-release fixed all the main problems with the game, and now it has the strongest bones of any Paradox game. While the base game lacks flavour, unfortunately, with a good…”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Peak game , abandoned but absolutely peak. I have played this game with my friends using a mod that makes every1 start equaly with one province and same pop for so many times. I recomand it. Paradox u should like lowkey…”
“Great game, very re-playable assuming you try new things (Playing as tribes, taking a different government approach, etc.) also can be greatly improved with mods (Ex. Imperator Invictus, Terra Indomita, etc.) but…”
“I enjoy this game from time to time, and the mods really elevate the experience, making it feel like a more complete title set in the Roman era. Some mods even introduce major overhauls, such as Lord of the Rings and…”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“The ultimate strategy gaming experience for any thinking young wo/man who may describe themselves as having debilitating depression, NEET-like tendencies, and a lack of anything of value to lose, and who has a…”
“This game is no longer being developed by Paradox,.. it is being developed by dedicated modders who are singlehandedly keeping it alive. Special shoutouts have to go out to the team behind the Invictus mod, who are…”
“Only a few hours in, but I know I'm going to spend a ton of time on this game. 4.5/5 easily, especially with mods.”
20 of the 74 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“This is a genuinely good game, it is such a shame that it has been abandoned. The only thing holding this game back for me is the lack of autosaves, one is never enough in a paradox game. Sadly, after years this game…”
“Good game, not worth the price as it has been effectively abandoned by the devs. With the Invictus mod you will have fun on this game, but I recommend buying it on G2A, third party or during a major sale.”
“The game had a rough start, but after almost a decade of neglect and love from the devs/modders I can confidently say this is the best Paradox title since EU4, and nothing even comes close, EU5 can eat sh!t.”
17 of the 74 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“It is possibly one of Paradox's WORST games. It has great potential, but it becomes frustrating how many things happen at the same time and how many pop-ups keep appearing, especially during wars. They tried to make a…”
“I played this game a long time ago and only now finally decided to buy it — though I wouldn’t say Paradox really deserves my money for it. They created a fantastic skeleton, but it only truly gained flesh thanks to the…”
“Without mods, a solid and (because it's done development) broadly complete game, if lacking in some flavor. With mods? Genuinely one of the richest strategy experiences around. And the art/map/UI is just gorgeous; kudos…”
6 of the 74 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I played this game a long time ago and only now finally decided to buy it — though I wouldn’t say Paradox really deserves my money for it. They created a fantastic skeleton, but it only truly gained flesh thanks to the…”
“Good game, not worth the price as it has been effectively abandoned by the devs. With the Invictus mod you will have fun on this game, but I recommend buying it on G2A, third party or during a major sale.”
“they advertised the ♥♥♥♥ out of this game with the promise of adding content and fixing it, then they cancelled all support as soon as people bought it lol”
4 of the 74 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The ultimate strategy gaming experience for any thinking young wo/man who may describe themselves as having debilitating depression, NEET-like tendencies, and a lack of anything of value to lose, and who has a…”
“I have come back to play this game multiple times since launch. Obviously the launch edition was horrific, but they fixed it to a playable state and left it. Waste of my money. Went to play it again today after a year…”
“It does not start on Linux (no window opens), then stops/crashes(?)”
4 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“It is possibly one of Paradox's WORST games. It has great potential, but it becomes frustrating how many things happen at the same time and how many pop-ups keep appearing, especially during wars. They tried to make a…”
“not good. Too many things happening out of my control that will bring an hours long campaign down, Too many popups and notifications. Too much pointless reading, things keep getting swept underneath other notifications…”
Counted across 74 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 64.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Without mods: A bit sad and barebones although it works OK as an ancient era Paradox empire builder. With the (free ofc) Invictus + the new Reanimata mods: absolutely one of the best Paradox games out there. At least for me, it's lots of fun, and I learned a lot about ancient…”
— a player, Steam review · 356 hrs played“Genuinely depressing this was abandoned by Paradox. It had a rough launch but was fixed, mostly just lacking flavour. They abandoned it the moment the game became good. If you're playing now, I recommend playing with Invictus mod. It adds a lot of flavour to different areas of…”
— a player, Steam review · 391 hrs played“Greedy and very Swedish Pardox has taken money and when sales dropped they abandon whole game before it was even near ready. Very nice isn´t it?”
— a player, Steam review · 43 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:03 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Anniversary Patch 2.0.5 Augustus
Avē! My name is Erik Jakobsson, though most of you know me as Katten, and I work as a Community Programs Specialist for Grand Strategy Games here at Paradox. Together with several amazing team members
Patch 2.0.5 (Open Beta)
Avē! Some Imperator news for you all! My name is Thomas and I’m a Studio Manager here at Paradox, some of you probably know me from the old days when I worked on EU4 among other things. Recently one o
Anniversary Patch 2.0.4 Augustus
Avē! My name is Erik Jakobsson, but most of you know me as Katten. I work as a Community Manager for Hearts of Iron IV & Millennia, and with great joy, I can finally tell you that it's here—Patch 2.0.
Imperator: Rome - Weeklong Sale!
Avē! Following the Unofficial Imperator Day, a barbarian incursion has arisen from the north, and now Rome calls for aid. The Imperial treasury assures a discount of up to 80%!
Anniversary Maintenance Patch - 2.0.4 (Open Beta)
Avē! First, I’d like to introduce myself, I am not one of the previous Game Directors, Johan or Peter, but I am Niels Uiterwijk, the original tech lead on the project. Today my role at paradox has cha
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Grand Strategy · Simulation · Rome · Historical · Political Sim · Singleplayer · Political · Management · Multiplayer · Economy · War (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain |
| Achievements | 72 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.gameimperator.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 Home 64 bit Processor: Intel® iCore™ i3-550 or AMD® Phenom II X6 1055T Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 460 or AMD® Radeon™ HD 6970