Yes, worth buying.
At $59.99. It has been as low as $11.99.
- Story and characters: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 27 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Monetization: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 88k player reviews · updated 4 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Even without paid DLCs, you can lead a huge variety of ancient civilizations — Roman, Hellenic, Carthaginian, Barbarian, Parthian, Armenian, and more — across both the 270 BC Grand Campaign and the 41 BC Imperator Augustus campaign.
Replayability is immense.
None of these criticisms are about graphics.
Yes, it’s no secret that at launch it was a buggy, underwhelming mess — but since then, it’s been developed with the care and dedication it deserved, evolving into one of the most polished and optimized entries in the series.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $59.99. The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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