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As a Roman governor, build island cities, balance citizen needs and supply chains, then expand through trade, diplomacy, or war.
Released 12 Nov 2025
Build Diagonal Cities
Link Island Production Chains
Choose Roman or Celtic Customs
Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.
Developed by Ubisoft Mainz · Published by Ubisoft
You govern provinces in the Roman Empire, developing settlements across regions including Latium and Albion. Campaign and open-ended play let you shape your rule as you build and expand.
Build homes to attract residents, meet the needs of different social classes, and upgrade them to unlock new workers and buildings. Create production chains, manage storage and trade routes, and settle other islands for resources and room to grow.
Plan city layouts around roads, building effects, and available land; diagonal placement adds another option for shaping streets and districts. Research, island religions, cultural choices, diplomacy, and land and naval forces offer different ways to develop and defend your provinces.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its Roman and Celtic setting, detailed city presentation, and the satisfying work of planning layouts and production chains. Reviews also single out diagonal building and the added research, religion, and land-combat systems as welcome ways to vary development. Some describe the city-building loop as absorbing and easy to lose time in, while opinions on the campaign and the amount of content are mixed.
As governor, how you build and govern will shape your story, your citizens’ destiny, and your provinces’ future. Will you cooperate with other governors or prove your military prowess by challenging your rivals? The cost of peace is yours to decide.
Build your provinces with unmatched detail, flexibility, and scale. Watch kids chase dogs through the streets or thousands cheer in the arena. Build upon the land that you see, from the beautiful heartland of Latium to the mysterious Celtic wetlands of Albion… where no civilized Roman wants to be.
Design the cities of your dreams at the peak of the Roman Empire as you balance your people's needs with the relentless demands of the emperor. Forge alliances across the empire or showcase your might with strategic land battles and naval combat. You may even defy the emperor himself – but not without consequences.
Every decision you make as governor matters. Will you honor local Celtic culture or enforce Roman traditions? Grow your provinces through diplomacy and commerce or conquer through military strength. Your choices will shape not only the future of your citizens and your provinces, but your own story as well.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 68 |
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| Players | 1–16 |
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| Multiplayer | The provided information indicates support for single-player, online co-op, and online PvP. Multiplayer appears to include co-op with friends, competitive play against rivals, shared-faction co-op, and the ability for each player to run their own empire. Reviews repeatedly report desyncs, disconnects, save corruption, and join issues, but also indicate multiplayer is playable and has improved after patches. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No direct information is provided about multiplayer mod support or how mods affect multiplayer. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 6 listed on Steam |
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| AI disclosure | AI tools were used to help create some in game assets. In all such cases, the final product reflects our team’s craft and creative vision. |
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| Metacritic | 84/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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