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Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar cover art

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar

Longbow Games · 2014-05-15

Steam

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 15, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game ever before, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly...

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 450 reviews).

6
playing now
61%
positive of 450 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar is a 2014 historical real-time strategy video game developed by Longbow Digital Arts and published by Kasedo Games for Microsoft Windows. Like its 2010 prequel Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, it combines tactical real-time battles and strategic empire management while focusing on logistics and planning of military campaigns. Hegemony Rome is set in the period of the Gallic Wars during the campaigns of Julius Caesar, proconsul of Gaul and Illyria.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 450 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.50 at GamersGate (2017-12-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420142026Week of 2014-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
500Dec 2012Aug 2026Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2014 — avg 18 · peak 53Aug 2014 — avg 38 · peak 245Jan 2015 — avg 33 · peak 94Jun 2015 — avg 21 · peak 54Nov 2015 — avg 12 · peak 36Apr 2016 — avg 9 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 8 · peak 21Feb 2017 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2017 — avg 9 · peak 30Dec 2017 — avg 10 · peak 27May 2018 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2018 — avg 7 · peak 31Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$38.57$1.502015-01-012025-08-182015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-02-07 — best price $17.972015-04-09 — best price $16.392015-04-29 — best price $27.822015-05-27 — best price $15.862015-07-14 — best price $15.952015-08-21 — best price $29.992015-11-02 — best price $29.992015-12-20 — best price $5.952016-01-12 — best price $7.952016-03-25 — best price $7.492016-05-27 — best price $7.492016-08-08 — best price $7.502016-08-30 — best price $19.992016-11-30 — best price $19.992017-01-26 — best price $19.992017-03-28 — best price $4.712017-05-26 — best price $19.992017-07-11 — best price $5.002017-07-23 — best price $15.602017-09-14 — best price $4.992017-10-26 — best price $15.722017-12-13 — best price $3.742018-01-10 — best price $14.992018-03-06 — best price $19.992018-05-01 — best price $19.992018-07-02 — best price $4.992018-08-13 — best price $12.602018-09-24 — best price $3.672018-11-11 — best price $11.692018-12-05 — best price $14.992019-01-28 — best price $14.992019-03-18 — best price $3.002019-04-22 — best price $14.992019-06-26 — best price $4.942022-02-10 — best price $5.992025-08-18 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1212026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 3 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 10 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 6 pageviews2026-09-05 — 10 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 2 pageviews2026-09-29 — 6 pageviews2026-10-03 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 6 pageviews2026-10-10 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
67.1%
earned "Then I Will Walk 500 More"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Russian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2014-09-04, latest 2014-12-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9561%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGRTSRomeIndieSandboxStrategyHistoricalSimulationSingleplayerGrand Strategy

Census log

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

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