Best Rome Games on Steam
Games set in ancient Rome or drawing on Roman politics, warfare, and culture.
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1Rome: Total War™ - Collection - Control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.
Aug 28, 2007
In this game, you can…
- light hundreds of pigs on fire to scare war elephants into routing off the field
- pick a Roman family, ignore the Senate, invade whoever you want, then start a civil war against the rest of Rome
- fight battles on the exact hills, forests, and city streets you stood on in the campaign map, then watch that terrain decide the whole fight
- win an ambush by feinting cavalry charges to pin a spear wall, then repeatedly slam hidden horsemen into its unguarded back
- hold a besieged city by abandoning the walls, regrouping in the town center, and winning with fewer than 100 survivors after your leader dies
- watch shield walls buckle as entire formations collide, get pushed back meter by meter, and collapse when archers find the weak spot
- lose a war, rebuild for a generation, then come back with five armies to finish an invasion of Rome
2The Forgotten City - The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time. The fate of the city is in your hands.
Jul 28, 2021
In this game, you can…
- steal something, deliberately break the law, reset the timeline, and keep the stolen item anyway.
- hand a quest you already solved in a previous loop to someone else at the start, so they do it for you while you chase bigger leads.
- trigger a city-wide curse where one stolen item can turn everyone into gold.
- fail, reset the day, keep your inventory and knowledge, and use that to push the same people into totally different outcomes.
- use what you learned in earlier loops to solve problems out of order, taking alternate routes that still fully work.
- walk a sprawling underground city without a map while residents roam on their own schedules, so you have to hunt people down across tunnels and temples.
- choose a backstory and occupation that can change which dialogue options you get and how you can move through the mystery.
- make different moral choices to unlock multiple endings, including a full canon-resolution path that wraps the whole mystery.
3Gladio and Glory - Goofy Ragdolls and Physics Simulated duels that will challenge your tactics. Customise & Upgrade your Gladiator, dismember opponents in the arena and climb the Leaderboard. All for free!
Mar 16, 2021
In this game, you can…
- get disemboweled and keep fighting with your guts hanging out.
- team up with two fighters against an elephant while archers ride on its back.
- catch a sword out of the air, slice two fighters in one swing, then roll away from a pouncing jaguar.
- grab enemies and throw them into spikes, holes, saw blades, and swinging axe traps.
- fight a 1 vs 50 arena brawl.
- swing someone in circles and launch them into a spike wall.
- throw a shield into someone's head hard enough to pop it clean off.
- land a perfect hit and trigger a brief slow-motion kill moment while the crowd cheers.
4Praetorians - HD Remaster - Relive the celebrated real-time strategy classic Praetorians, re-imagined in high definition. Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire.
Jan 24, 2020
In this game, you can…
- build bridges mid-mission, then destroy them to cut off reinforcements and turn a river crossing into a choke point.
- demote any combat unit into a builder, so your frontline troops can drop tools and start constructing on command.
- roll siege towers up to a wall with three units inside, and have archers fire while the tower advances.
- use shield troops as a living wall, holding the line while archers and heavier units deal damage from behind.
- take villages, garrisons, and outposts to unlock reinforcements, so territory control directly determines what you can field.
- hide whole squads in forests, then spring an ambush on enemies who moved through unscouted terrain.
- use Balearic slingers to drain stamina as well as health, wearing enemies down so they can't keep fighting effectively.
5Havsala: Into the Soul Palace - Havsala is an investigative puzzle game with rich storytelling full of historical references and mysticism. Search the room for the clues left behind by the previous reincarnations of a single soul, solve the puzzles and unravel the mystery.
Jun 21, 2022
In this game, you can…
- feed a raven snacks to get in-game hints.
- work an entire mystery by searching a single room for clues left behind by one soul's past lives.
- end a chapter by setting coordinates for a historical figure, then watch the room's books and details shift to match that new investigation.
- click glowing pages to auto-summarize key clues into a notebook you actually use to solve later puzzles.
- bend time inside the room to reveal new information and unlock progress through chronology.
- dig through diaries and ancient texts for exact dates, symbols, and astronomical facts, then use them to open the next layer.
- carry an early sound clue all the way to an endgame payoff, like a "broken flute" reference that only makes sense much later.
- step onto a balcony to stargaze, then use what you observe as part of the investigation.
6Mosaic of The Pharaohs - Mosaic of The Pharaohs is a picross/minesweeper hybrid featuring a single ENORMOUS puzzle inspired by Egyptology
Mar 28, 2025
In this game, you can…
- chip away at a 60,000-tile mosaic split into nearly 200 subsections.
- solve a minesweeper region and watch it turn into a chunk of a giant mural.
- mix minesweeper and picross rules while the board assembles like a jigsaw picture.
- clear regions to unlock short trivia about Egyptian gods, monuments, and customs tied to what you just revealed.
- make wrong clicks with no game over, then keep solving until the picture makes your mistake obvious.
- solve boxed-off zones where clues never spill into neighboring regions, so every section is its own self-contained logic puzzle.
- pan across a massive board, finish a tiny section, then immediately hop to another and keep the mural expanding piece by piece.
- reach the end and get hit with an extra surprise puzzle that breaks from the usual flow.
7Hidden Cats in Rome - Mamma mia! Our cats are now in the great city of Rome! Let's find them! Start with a monochromatic illustration and reveal the final colored art. Play through different modes, find special cats, and unlock bonus levels! More than 970 hidden objects to find! Enjoy the extra bonus level, NERD ARENA!
Nov 17, 2023
In this game, you can…
- unlock a massive endgame arena level with 100 cats and 100 people, and only four people can be found at once.
- play an advanced mode where cat locations change, and you can only find four listed people at a time.
- reveal a black-and-white Rome scene into full color by finding cats.
- click a landmark's cat to pop up a trivia card with quick facts about Rome.
- find special cats that unlock new bonus chapters like a gelateria, osteria, and cat sanctuary.
- spot kittens hiding under clothes and backpacks that visibly wiggle and ruffle to give them away.
- wait for moving traffic to clear so you can spot cats hidden in the flow of cars.
8Gladiator Command - A gladiator management sim. Recruit unique gladiators, train them, equip them, hire staff, manage finances, build prestige, develop traits and stat-based skills, and let real-time arena battles decide your rise.
Mar 5, 2026
In this game, you can…
- enter battle royales with up to 5v5v5v5 teams, where each kill scores points toward seasonal rewards.
- train gladiators together until their relationships are high enough to share or even remove traits.
- sell a maxed-out gladiator for a massive gold spike, or retire them for permanent daily training XP or gold bonuses.
- watch fights play out in real time while your training and build choices decide who lives.
- hunt recruits with a scout who can uncover rare 5-star, all-stats prospects.
- capture enemy fighters instead of buying them, and turn a former prisoner into your best gladiator.
- build a long-term school reputation across seasons as your prestige and arena ranking climb beyond any single fighter.
- have two star gladiators become rivals until the hatred escalates and one kills the other.
9Toy Tactics - Become a master strategist in this physics-based Real-Time Tactics game! Command minifig-inspired armies and customize strategies with hand-drawn formations. Conquer unique campaigns for all five armies and unleash massive battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes. Victory awaits!
Sep 19, 2024
In this game, you can…
- freeze the battlefield mid-fight, draw new formations, split your army into battalions, and steer pincer attacks and custom charge lines in real time.
- turn a losing fight with spells by summoning catapult reinforcements, dropping flaming meteors, building medical tents to heal allies, and raising fallen enemies to fight for you.
- pit 1000 soldiers against 1000 soldiers and keep the battle running smoothly.
- merge formations on the fly by literally drawing any shape you want, and the game still treats it as real command.
- slam a hero unit into an infantry battalion and send toy soldiers ragdolling across the field.
- customize spells and unit abilities into combo builds that make ordinary armies suddenly terrifying.
- play a skirmish mode where you capture unit-spawning camps, set up defenses, and survive wave after wave like a mini campaign mission.
- solve puzzle missions where the battle has an exact solution and brute force won't work.
- pet the creatures mid-war as a real interaction, not just a menu option.
10Time Commando - For retro gaming lover, discover a jewel of 1996: Time Commando Let's fight across 9 time periods: prehistoric, Roman, feudal Japan, Medieval, Conquistador, the Wild West, and the modern wars
Oct 9, 2021
In this game, you can…
- use a futuristic combat yo-yo as a weapon.
- kick a smilodon to death in the prehistoric levels.
- sprint through prehistoric, Roman, feudal Japan, the Wild West, modern war, and the future in one run.
- fight with era-specific gear that keeps swapping out, from clubs and spears to rifles, grenades, and spells.
- hunt down hidden rooms and secret stashes of power-ups and weapons by exploring every corner.
- use an interact button on suspicious objects to uncover hidden items or open a way forward.
- finish the game, enter the code COMMANDO, and unlock an extra stage as a secret reward.
