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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “enjoyable strategic battles and campaigns” (64 of 103 reviews) and “extensive mods and faction variety” (15); the most common complaint is “shallow, tedious, or awkward systems” (11). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The one game I just keep coming back to. Strategy, good, combat, good!”
“As a lover of long term strategic games, I suggest this as perfect one”
“I play all sorts of games, shooters, sims, RTS, strategy, tactical, city builders, etc you name it. This game is a game I ALWAYS fall back on. There has been countless years go by, try a new game, ARC, Schedule 1, The…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The one game I just keep coming back to. Strategy, good, combat, good!”
“I play all sorts of games, shooters, sims, RTS, strategy, tactical, city builders, etc you name it. This game is a game I ALWAYS fall back on. There has been countless years go by, try a new game, ARC, Schedule 1, The…”
“One of my favorite Total War Titles. Very fun to play, especially modded, lots of replayability.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I play all sorts of games, shooters, sims, RTS, strategy, tactical, city builders, etc you name it. This game is a game I ALWAYS fall back on. There has been countless years go by, try a new game, ARC, Schedule 1, The…”
“It looks amazing as do the trailers but I don't own this game, how am I able to review it? also, I'm not gay? lmao”
“If you’re into the Iron Age vibe, Total War: ROME II is honestly a gem you shouldn’t skip, especially if you’ve always dreamed of leading the Roman legions or holding the line with Spartan hoplites. Even though it’s an…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This is my first total war game. It is very challenging but also very enjoyable and worth the price. I have been struggling to learn the basic of this game for the past 4 hours, but it is still very enjoyable. If you…”
“worth my money, i have a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ laptop and i can run it without problems, definitely worth it.”
“If you love The Roman civilization and history, this is a must-play. Good game, epic battles, nice voice lines of your army and good animations on battle. I am new to Total war, ROME II Emperor Edition is a very good…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game, especially when you're teamed up with your brother who actually knows what he's doing”
“This is a great game for my cousin and I to play online. Pretty much real-time Risk (the board game) pretty fun!”
“If you love The Roman civilization and history, this is a must-play. Good game, epic battles, nice voice lines of your army and good animations on battle. I am new to Total war, ROME II Emperor Edition is a very good…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“what a blemish of a game - still so many years later and the AI is only challenging because it cheats. So boring. So unfun. Even the mod community can't hold my interest in this game.”
“Vanilla is... okay. Everything is usually fun but it feels arcadey and the AI is way too passive. Download an overhaul mod, like DEI - this gives a vanilla + experience.”
“i playing TW series since shogun 1 and i still love it...btw i do need miss the part i can marry of faction members to other factions”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ impossible is it to make a game that doesnt constantly crash AFTER AN ENTIRE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DECADE YOU USELESS YAKUBIAN APES? YOU ABSOLUTE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BUFOONS? 60 bucks for this piece of ♥♥♥♥? do yourself the…”
“Game crashed 4 times in the time it took to do the first campaign and the autosaves arent often enough.”
“this game marks the beginning of the end for my fandom of Creative Assembly, shoddy dlc's and half-finished games from here on out.”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“what a blemish of a game - still so many years later and the AI is only challenging because it cheats. So boring. So unfun. Even the mod community can't hold my interest in this game.”
“the political system take 4 years and a bachelor degree to understand so be ready for years of playing before you even know what's going on”
“Very fun game, makes you feel like a general. Lackluster AI in campaign mode and DLC's are hit or misses. Very good, would recommend.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ impossible is it to make a game that doesnt constantly crash AFTER AN ENTIRE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ DECADE YOU USELESS YAKUBIAN APES? YOU ABSOLUTE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ BUFOONS? 60 bucks for this piece of ♥♥♥♥? do yourself the…”
“why is this 72 ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dollars when its been out for over 13 years”
“It's good and it's become a classic. However I feel the prices should be lower since it's such an old game already. Sales are frequent though, so just wait for that I guess.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“base game is lackluster but mods can make the game amazing”
— a player, Steam review · 450 hrs played“Actually, it is a great Total War game, and they improved several things compared to the first Rome: Total War. For example, you can now only send units with generals, so the AI can no longer spam single units across the map. They also added automatic garrisons for your…”
— a player, Steam review · 62 hrs played“Coming from Bannerlord, it's interesting to feel the battle differently and with a "little" bit more diplomacy without needing many mods. That's a really good game, time goes on without noticing so pretty much a solid 8/10. And the big plus obviously mods and there is ton of…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-25.
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.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Historical · Turn-Based Strategy · Grand Strategy · Rome · Tactical · War · Multiplayer · Real Time Tactics · RTS · Turn-Based · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * , German * , French * , Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Czech, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 188 |
| Official site | http://www.totalwar.com/rome2 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum OS *: XP/ Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 Processor: 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor Memory: 2GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support). DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 35 GB HD space Additional: Screen Resolution - 1024x768 Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions