Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $9.99. It has been as low as $2.49.
- Gameplay: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
One of the game’s greatest strengths is its replayability.
Still the gameplay is very compelling, not for the sake of the graphics, but for the learning curve and immediate challenge with some difficult economics.
The campaign map is expansive and alive, populated by hundreds of historical realms that rise and fall over time.
Audio design is similarly restrained, providing atmosphere without distracting from decision-making.
While only really having one play mode (sandbox of Europe + the Mediterranean) it offers 3 different starting constellations of states (basically representing different time frames in history) and a lot of replayability and difficulty comes from your choice of country to lead.
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Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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