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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

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.

335
playing now
66%
positive of 27k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
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)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

335 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 335 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 4% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 672k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,888 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 51 of 80 observed days · $35.02 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

5961892026-08-06 21:00 — 392 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 210 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 326 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 386 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 231 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 372 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 467 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 247 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 428 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 456 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 193 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 309 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 364 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 191 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 302 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 346 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 189 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 392 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 494 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 218 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 315 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 511 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 319 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 408 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 494 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 289 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 274 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 400 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 335 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$5.972019-02-052026-08-292019-02-05 — 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 $11.992026-08-29 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

165512026-05-31 — 83 pageviews2026-06-03 — 87 pageviews2026-06-06 — 71 pageviews2026-06-09 — 75 pageviews2026-06-12 — 51 pageviews2026-06-15 — 72 pageviews2026-06-18 — 62 pageviews2026-06-21 — 69 pageviews2026-06-24 — 73 pageviews2026-06-27 — 78 pageviews2026-06-30 — 82 pageviews2026-07-03 — 84 pageviews2026-07-06 — 65 pageviews2026-07-09 — 88 pageviews2026-07-12 — 66 pageviews2026-07-15 — 65 pageviews2026-07-18 — 89 pageviews2026-07-21 — 75 pageviews2026-07-24 — 87 pageviews2026-07-27 — 82 pageviews2026-07-30 — 66 pageviews2026-08-02 — 77 pageviews2026-08-05 — 67 pageviews2026-08-08 — 59 pageviews2026-08-11 — 82 pageviews2026-08-14 — 80 pageviews2026-08-17 — 90 pageviews2026-08-20 — 93 pageviews2026-08-23 — 112 pageviews2026-08-26 — 165 pageviews2026-08-28 — 93 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

202026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 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

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.

Player tags

WarRomeEconomyModdablePoliticsStrategyPoliticalHistoricalManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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