Imperator: Rome

"Paradox Development Studio returns to ancient history with Imperator: Rome, a new title set around the growth of Roman power in a threatening Mediterranean. Unify Italy and then the world under the eagles of…

84 25 April 2019

Real Time Strategy (RTS) Simulator Strategy Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS) 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) Fantasy Historical

Imperator: Rome is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Paradox Development Studio, released 25 April 2019 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 29 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Imperator: Rome is

Imperator: Rome is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Paradox Development Studio and released in 2019. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Jomini Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Paradox Development Studio returns to ancient history with Imperator: Rome, a new title set around the growth of Roman power in a threatening Mediterranean. Unify Italy and then the world under the eagles of your legions. Or rule an Eastern monarchy with claims to the mantle of Alexander. Slaves, barbarians and war elephants bring the distant past to life in Imperator: Rome. Can you be a Caesar?"

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Imperator: Rome holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Imperator: Rome launched on 25 April 2019, within three weeks of Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Anno 1800 and Katana Zero. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Days Gone, A Plague Tale: Innocence, Anno 1800, Katana Zero.

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