Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

Buy88%

Very Positive · 88k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · Strategy · Sep 2, 2013

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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Achievements
188
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio3 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 88k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game is obviously a little choppy and has some bugs and crashes, gameplay and battling is very fun and takes a long time to master.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Getting to the point of playing on legendary difficulty and not having a radar or map and playing with large army size is truly insane.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
very well optimized, i have a lower-mid range PC and it runs very well even with full 2000 - 2000-ish battles, graphics were mildly better than i expected,
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I love the time period and the DLC expansions in terms of offering a diversity of factions and unique campaign experiences, Caesar in Gaul and Hannibal at the Gates especially.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
one of the best strategy games in history pvp is very enjoyable pve is entertaining enough to play for over 100 hours, there are several factions which challenge your playstyle and force you to become better at the game. 10/10 game
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The units fight and move in a way that is nearly miracolous for how low the requirements are for the game itself, and the optimization for a nearly stutterfree combat situation on a computer running on only 4 Gigs of RAM makes me forever grateful to the dev team that worked on this.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay57 reviews
Difficulty29 reviews
Graphics26 reviews
Story23 reviews
Multiplayer14 reviews
Combat13 reviews
Co-op8 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization
80% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
31% still recommend
Bugs
42% still recommend
Monetization
57% still recommend
Interface
20% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • LAN Co-op
  • LAN PvP
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Camera Comfort
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Save Anytime
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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