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Rome: Total War™ - Alexander cover art

Rome: Total War™ - Alexander

The Creative Assembly · SEGA · 2007-08-28

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: Sep 15, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 26, 2017 (iOS)

Rome: Total War - Alexander is the second official expansion pack to Rome: Total War. An entirely new campaign map that stretches from Macedonia to Greece and into the heart of the ancient Persian Empire New campaign game that tasks players with matching the exploits of Alexander the Great as he swept across Central Asia and dominated...

Rome: Total War™ - Alexander is a Strategy game released in 2007, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 927 reviews).

8
playing now
76%
positive of 932 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 14,240 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–75k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 932 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2852026-09-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 18 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 20 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 27 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 8 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4913Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 49 · peak 109Dec 2012 — avg 36 · peak 80May 2013 — avg 37 · peak 84Oct 2013 — avg 18 · peak 52Mar 2014 — avg 20 · peak 47Aug 2014 — avg 20 · peak 49Jan 2015 — avg 25 · peak 56Jun 2015 — avg 26 · peak 65Nov 2015 — avg 22 · peak 53Apr 2016 — avg 25 · peak 59Sep 2016 — avg 22 · peak 47Feb 2017 — avg 32 · peak 65Jul 2017 — avg 31 · peak 64Dec 2017 — avg 34 · peak 75May 2018 — avg 30 · peak 64Oct 2018 — avg 28 · peak 65Mar 2019 — avg 32 · peak 70Aug 2019 — avg 33 · peak 61Jan 2020 — avg 32 · peak 72Jun 2020 — avg 34 · peak 68Nov 2020 — avg 37 · peak 68Apr 2021 — avg 35 · peak 71Sep 2021 — avg 26 · peak 47Feb 2022 — avg 21 · peak 48Jul 2022 — avg 15 · peak 34Dec 2022 — avg 20 · peak 40May 2023 — avg 17 · peak 34Oct 2023 — avg 17 · peak 38Mar 2024 — avg 16 · peak 38Aug 2024 — avg 17 · peak 35Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 14 · peak 34Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 27Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 30Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$1.242015-01-012021-03-222015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-02-19 — best price $3.502015-03-30 — best price $4.992015-05-01 — best price $4.472015-06-22 — best price $4.992015-08-05 — best price $4.992015-12-27 — best price $4.992016-05-06 — best price $4.312016-08-05 — best price $6.292017-01-27 — best price $2.492017-04-21 — best price $4.992017-07-19 — best price $1.242017-10-22 — best price $4.992017-12-08 — best price $2.012018-03-12 — best price $2.492018-06-18 — best price $2.492018-08-12 — best price $1.772018-12-20 — best price $1.692019-03-29 — best price $4.992019-12-03 — best price $12.992020-04-21 — best price $4.492020-06-07 — best price $4.492020-06-26 — best price $4.492020-07-14 — best price $4.492020-08-01 — best price $4.492020-08-20 — best price $4.492020-09-07 — best price $4.492020-09-25 — best price $4.492020-10-16 — best price $4.492020-11-04 — best price $4.492020-11-22 — best price $4.492020-12-10 — best price $4.492020-12-28 — best price $4.492021-01-15 — best price $4.492021-02-02 — best price $4.492021-02-23 — best price $4.492021-03-13 — best price $4.492021-03-22 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSRomeClassicStrategyTacticalHistoricalTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerGrand Strategy

Census log

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

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