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Romopolis

Romopolis

Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.

Released May 18, 2016 Developer Lonely Troops Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux SimulationCasualIndieColony SimRome
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

78.2%positive147 reviews
Recommended · 44 found this helpful

“Romopolis is an indie strategy and simulation game that manages to be surprisingly fun and very challenging, even though there is no combat whatsoever. In this game, you are an architect hired by the Roman Empire to build cities. Each time you succeed your notoriety increases…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“It's alright, for how cheap it is, but you might not be getting exactly what you expected in this game. Romopolis only appears to be a city builder simulation game on its surface, but after a couple missions it becomes clear that the game is in fact a puzzle game. Each scenario…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 115 found this helpful

“Unlike advertisement, this game is NOT full city management game. More like stage clear type puzzle game than city strategy/simulation. Good for killing time in short break, but not really suited for long time play (there isn't much to keep you hooked in). Even with sandbox…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

22achievements
10.0%median completion
6.5%rarest: Quick
24.7% of players 22.1% of players 18.8% of players 16.3% of players 15.7% of players 13.8% of players 13.6% of players 11.9% of players 10.7% of players 10.7% of players 10.2% of players 10.0% of players 9.9% of players 8.7% of players 8.2% of players 7.8% of players 7.5% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 6.6% of players 6.5% of players 6.5% of players 24.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
24.7%Builder — Build 10 buildings.
22.1%Demolisher — Demolish 2 buildings.
18.8%Improver — Upgrade 25 buildings.
Rarest badges of honor
6.5%Quick — Earn all the medals.
6.5%Freeman — Win 12 sandbox scenarios.
6.6%Diligent — Earn all the trophies.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 23, 2025
Romopolis v1.4.8 Patch

-Removed some unnecessary API calls. -Fixes in translations.

Apr 16, 2024
Romopolis v1.4.7

Changes in the new version: * The game now supports Brazilian Portuguese language. * The game has fixed a number of minor bugs and translation errors. * The game uses a new engine with more effective

May 14, 2020
Romopolis v1.30 patch

v1.30 changes: -Windows executable is now 64-bit by default. A separate 32-bit executable is provided for a backward compatibility. -Fixed a small visual glitch on low resolution displays. -macOS appl

Oct 28, 2016
Ukrainian language added

The game now supports Ukrainian language. Many thanks to Denys Nyzhnyk.

Oct 28, 2016
Ukrainian language added

The game now supports Ukrainian language. Many thanks to Denys Nyzhnyk.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresCasual, Indie, Simulation
Player tagsSimulation · Casual · Indie · Colony Sim · Rome · Strategy · City Builder · Singleplayer · Time Management · Isometric · Building · Management (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian, Ukrainian, Slovak, Portuguese - Brazil
Achievements22
Official sitehttps://www.lonelytroops.com/romopolis/index.htm
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: x86-64 compatible Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 10.0 compatible DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 200 MB available space