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CivCity: Rome

FireFly Studios · 2K · 2007-04-06

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 24, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

CivCity: Rome, an innovative city builder inspired by the world of Sid Meiers Civilization, and created by a collaboration between Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games, invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom-in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself!

CivCity: Rome is a 2007 Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 951 reviews).

9
playing now
71%
positive of 951 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

CivCity: Rome is a city building strategy game by Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games. It includes elements from two game series, Caesar and Civilization.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 14,371 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 38k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 951 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.14-79%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.87 at GamesPlanet UK (2017-03-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 117 of 118 observed days · $0.27 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520172026Week of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1922026-09-16 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 19 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
306Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2012 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2013 — avg 7 · peak 21Oct 2013 — avg 9 · peak 33Mar 2014 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2014 — avg 11 · peak 37Jan 2015 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2015 — avg 21 · peak 90Nov 2015 — avg 11 · peak 36Apr 2016 — avg 14 · peak 33Sep 2016 — avg 15 · peak 40Feb 2017 — avg 13 · peak 35Jul 2017 — avg 17 · peak 56Dec 2017 — avg 13 · peak 34May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2018 — avg 12 · peak 31Mar 2019 — avg 14 · peak 35Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 27Jan 2020 — avg 15 · peak 38Jun 2020 — avg 19 · peak 46Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 35Apr 2021 — avg 14 · peak 35Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 31Feb 2022 — avg 18 · peak 41Jul 2022 — avg 14 · peak 29Dec 2022 — avg 15 · peak 41May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 31Mar 2024 — avg 15 · peak 37Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 44Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 24Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.01$2.142015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $3.002015-05-14 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-01-31 — best price $9.492016-05-06 — best price $8.652017-02-23 — best price $6.662017-07-24 — best price $8.492017-12-08 — best price $3.292018-06-19 — best price $9.992019-02-18 — best price $9.992019-11-25 — best price $9.992020-02-18 — best price $8.992020-05-27 — best price $2.992020-07-28 — best price $8.992020-09-03 — best price $9.992020-10-10 — best price $2.992020-11-15 — best price $8.992021-02-04 — best price $2.492021-07-01 — best price $8.912021-11-03 — best price $9.992022-03-09 — best price $2.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-05-02 — best price $2.992023-11-21 — best price $2.492024-04-07 — best price $9.632024-08-08 — best price $9.632025-02-21 — best price $9.992025-08-09 — best price $9.992025-12-04 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-06-19 — best price $2.252026-08-29 — best price $2.202026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

47142026-06-01 — 37 pageviews2026-06-05 — 24 pageviews2026-06-09 — 47 pageviews2026-06-13 — 25 pageviews2026-06-17 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 34 pageviews2026-06-25 — 37 pageviews2026-06-29 — 23 pageviews2026-07-03 — 31 pageviews2026-07-07 — 28 pageviews2026-07-11 — 29 pageviews2026-07-15 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-23 — 41 pageviews2026-07-27 — 29 pageviews2026-07-31 — 20 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-08 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 18 pageviews2026-08-16 — 29 pageviews2026-08-20 — 38 pageviews2026-08-24 — 30 pageviews2026-08-28 — 26 pageviews2026-09-01 — 29 pageviews2026-09-05 — 40 pageviews2026-09-09 — 24 pageviews2026-09-13 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 16 pageviews2026-09-21 — 23 pageviews2026-09-25 — 20 pageviews2026-09-29 — 38 pageviews2026-10-03 — 20 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-11 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

RomeSandboxStrategyHistoricalSimulationCity BuilderSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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