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Alea Jacta Est

Ageod · Slitherine Ltd. · 2014-11-04

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

“ALEA JACTA EST” (The Die is Cast) is what Caesar said as he crossed the Rubicon River when he learned that the Senate had removed him from his command. Crossing that small Italian river was equivalent to disobeying Rome’s orders and entering into open rebellion in this historical turn-based strategy wargame .

Alea Jacta Est is a Simulation, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $24.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 137 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.

2
playing now
72%
positive of 137 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$24.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 38% of 16,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.4k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 137 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.87 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 19 of 38 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$5.992015-01-012026-07-292015-01-01 — best price $13.872015-04-13 — best price $14.942015-05-12 — best price $12.202016-01-04 — best price $24.992016-11-29 — best price $24.992017-05-26 — best price $24.992017-11-01 — best price $24.992018-02-19 — best price $24.992018-06-22 — best price $9.742018-11-02 — best price $24.992019-01-04 — best price $24.992019-03-27 — best price $24.992019-07-17 — best price $24.992019-12-05 — best price $24.992020-01-28 — best price $24.992020-04-22 — best price $24.992020-09-04 — best price $9.742021-01-01 — best price $9.742021-08-19 — best price $24.992022-02-10 — best price $9.742022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-12-01 — best price $24.992023-04-18 — best price $24.992023-07-26 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $9.742024-02-08 — best price $9.742024-05-13 — best price $24.992024-08-19 — best price $24.992024-11-19 — best price $24.992025-01-15 — best price $7.742025-04-08 — best price $24.992025-07-11 — best price $5.992025-10-13 — best price $6.122026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $7.492026-05-18 — best price $5.992026-07-29 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing5 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2014-11-04, latest 2015-10-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RomeStrategyHistoricalSimulationMultiplayerReplay ValueSingleplayerGrand Strategy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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