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Praetorians

Pyro Studios · Kalypso Media Digital · 2014-04-11

SteamGOG

IndieStrategy

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

Releases: Feb 28, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire. You will be transported back to the dusty battlefields of Egypt, the combat theaters of Gaul and finally to the heart of the Empire itself, Italy in the crusade to become Emperor.

Praetorians is an Indie, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 707 reviews).

5
playing now
81%
positive of 707 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Praetorians is a 3D real-time tactics video game developed by Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in 2003, based on Julius Caesar's historical campaigns in Gaul and Britain, Crassus' battles in Parthia, and the events of Caesar's Civil War during the 1st century BC. The player controls either the Roman Republic, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, or a generic barbarian tribe based on the Helvetii, Gauls, and Celts.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 50,053 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 707 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.44 at GamersGate (2017-11-20) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 129 of 177 observed days · $2.05 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1402026-09-15 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
201Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 3 · peak 16Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 7Dec 2014 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2015 — avg 5 · peak 21Aug 2015 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2016 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 21Dec 2016 — avg 7 · peak 33Apr 2017 — avg 8 · peak 28Aug 2017 — avg 6 · peak 16Dec 2017 — avg 9 · peak 33Apr 2018 — avg 10 · peak 32Aug 2018 — avg 10 · peak 24Dec 2018 — avg 11 · peak 36Apr 2019 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2019 — avg 9 · peak 28Dec 2019 — avg 11 · peak 32Apr 2020 — avg 20 · peak 51Aug 2020 — avg 11 · peak 28Dec 2020 — avg 14 · peak 36Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 36Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2021 — avg 11 · peak 27Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 24Aug 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 22Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 21Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 21Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 20Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.492015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-06-26 — best price $1.792015-11-03 — best price $2.372016-12-22 — best price $0.742017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-09-04 — best price $1.242019-04-04 — best price $4.992019-10-18 — best price $4.992020-03-16 — best price $1.492020-07-12 — best price $4.082020-09-18 — best price $4.992020-11-26 — best price $1.492021-02-02 — best price $1.492021-04-13 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $2.492021-10-11 — best price $4.192022-01-07 — best price $4.992022-04-13 — best price $4.992022-07-25 — best price $2.492022-10-25 — best price $2.492023-01-31 — best price $4.992023-05-06 — best price $4.992023-08-18 — best price $2.452023-11-21 — best price $2.292024-02-14 — best price $2.492024-05-14 — best price $2.492024-08-01 — best price $4.192024-10-25 — best price $2.452025-01-10 — best price $1.992025-04-09 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $2.492025-09-29 — best price $2.242025-12-24 — best price $3.742026-03-17 — best price $2.502026-06-02 — best price $4.272026-09-01 — best price $2.492026-10-06 — best price $2.492026-10-15 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42122026-05-30 — 26 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 21 pageviews2026-06-11 — 30 pageviews2026-06-15 — 19 pageviews2026-06-19 — 13 pageviews2026-06-23 — 25 pageviews2026-06-27 — 28 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 21 pageviews2026-07-09 — 25 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-17 — 17 pageviews2026-07-21 — 26 pageviews2026-07-25 — 19 pageviews2026-07-29 — 25 pageviews2026-08-02 — 28 pageviews2026-08-06 — 30 pageviews2026-08-10 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 19 pageviews2026-08-18 — 33 pageviews2026-08-22 — 31 pageviews2026-08-26 — 18 pageviews2026-08-30 — 27 pageviews2026-09-03 — 28 pageviews2026-09-07 — 36 pageviews2026-09-11 — 20 pageviews2026-09-15 — 19 pageviews2026-09-19 — 25 pageviews2026-09-23 — 27 pageviews2026-09-27 — 24 pageviews2026-10-01 — 34 pageviews2026-10-05 — 19 pageviews2026-10-08 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

RTSWarRomeIndieClassicStrategyHistoricalMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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