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Imperator: Rome cover art

Imperator: Rome

Paradox Development Studio · Paradox Interactive · 2019-04-25

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Apr 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2019 (Linux), Apr 25, 2019 (Mac)

Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.

Imperator: Rome is a 2019 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $39.99, with Mixed sentiment (66% of 26903 reviews) and an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners.

243
playing now
65%
positive of 27k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
84/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
29
Nexus mods (30k downloads)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 74% recommend · from 29 critics
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

243 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Imperator: Rome is a 2019 grand strategy wargame developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. It is a spiritual successor to Europa Universalis: Rome (2008). It received generally positive reviews from critics, however development and support for the game was suspended by May 2021, though occasional patches are still released.

Trailer

Imperator: Rome trailer thumbnail

Imperator: Rome - Launch Trailer

≈398,323 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 243 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 293 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~37/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,204 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 16,672 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 672k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,898 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$9.58-76%
Fanatical$9.59-76%
GOG$9.99-75%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.97 at GameBillet (2021-05-21) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 50 of 82 observed days · $4.62 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20192026Week of 2019-04-01: 1,924 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2,280 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,809 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 326 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 573 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 990 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5451752026-09-15 12:00 — 240 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 411 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 222 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 369 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 545 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 270 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 244 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 366 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 296 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 295 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 363 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 266 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 180 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 349 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 425 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 182 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 302 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 385 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 200 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 375 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 530 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 224 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 243 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.8k296May 2019Aug 2026May 2019 — avg 3,761 · peak 13,616Aug 2019 — avg 559 · peak 974Nov 2019 — avg 788 · peak 1,705Feb 2020 — avg 918 · peak 1,735May 2020 — avg 1,202 · peak 2,187Aug 2020 — avg 1,011 · peak 2,119Nov 2020 — avg 494 · peak 976Feb 2021 — avg 2,219 · peak 7,031May 2021 — avg 914 · peak 1,981Aug 2021 — avg 668 · peak 1,201Nov 2021 — avg 570 · peak 976Feb 2022 — avg 528 · peak 1,059May 2022 — avg 482 · peak 920Aug 2022 — avg 496 · peak 877Nov 2022 — avg 348 · peak 662Feb 2023 — avg 404 · peak 728May 2023 — avg 515 · peak 987Aug 2023 — avg 409 · peak 678Nov 2023 — avg 404 · peak 735Feb 2024 — avg 584 · peak 1,286May 2024 — avg 812 · peak 1,716Aug 2024 — avg 497 · peak 907Nov 2024 — avg 443 · peak 801Feb 2025 — avg 514 · peak 988May 2025 — avg 584 · peak 1,014Aug 2025 — avg 610 · peak 1,015Nov 2025 — avg 353 · peak 742Feb 2026 — avg 319 · peak 588May 2026 — avg 353 · peak 616Aug 2026 — avg 340 · peak 675
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
47472026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 11 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 21 new positive2026-10-09: 47 new negative2026-10-10: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$5.972019-02-052026-10-122019-02-05 — best price $35.952019-09-28 — best price $38.702019-12-06 — best price $26.792020-01-22 — best price $26.792020-03-06 — best price $39.992020-04-17 — best price $23.992020-06-16 — best price $12.992020-08-08 — best price $39.992020-09-24 — best price $19.992020-11-08 — best price $35.892020-12-23 — best price $13.992021-02-18 — best price $5.992021-04-05 — best price $39.992021-05-22 — best price $28.482021-07-18 — best price $8.372021-10-11 — best price $33.892021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-02-23 — best price $33.892022-05-06 — best price $9.992022-07-22 — best price $8.992022-10-14 — best price $9.992023-01-06 — best price $28.492023-04-03 — best price $9.192023-07-15 — best price $10.002023-10-18 — best price $39.992024-02-26 — best price $7.992024-06-04 — best price $33.992024-08-26 — best price $11.992024-11-26 — best price $11.192025-01-24 — best price $9.992025-05-10 — best price $39.992025-09-11 — best price $39.992026-02-03 — best price $11.762026-05-05 — best price $11.992026-10-12 — best price $9.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

141492026-05-31 — 83 pageviews2026-06-04 — 77 pageviews2026-06-08 — 80 pageviews2026-06-12 — 51 pageviews2026-06-16 — 67 pageviews2026-06-20 — 65 pageviews2026-06-24 — 73 pageviews2026-06-28 — 92 pageviews2026-07-02 — 62 pageviews2026-07-06 — 65 pageviews2026-07-10 — 56 pageviews2026-07-14 — 68 pageviews2026-07-18 — 89 pageviews2026-07-22 — 79 pageviews2026-07-26 — 96 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-03 — 67 pageviews2026-08-07 — 91 pageviews2026-08-11 — 82 pageviews2026-08-15 — 95 pageviews2026-08-19 — 84 pageviews2026-08-23 — 112 pageviews2026-08-27 — 119 pageviews2026-08-31 — 83 pageviews2026-09-04 — 85 pageviews2026-09-08 — 72 pageviews2026-09-12 — 65 pageviews2026-09-16 — 51 pageviews2026-09-20 — 79 pageviews2026-09-24 — 76 pageviews2026-09-28 — 89 pageviews2026-10-02 — 77 pageviews2026-10-06 — 74 pageviews2026-10-09 — 69 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5002026-09-30 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
19.2%
earned "Render Unto Caesar"
0.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2019-04-25, latest 2021-02-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,7801%72

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

WarRomeEconomyModdablePoliticsStrategyPoliticalHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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