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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition cover art

Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · SEGA · 2013-09-02

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 02, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 02, 2013 (Mac)

Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.

4,170
playing now
88%
positive of 88k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
93h
to beat · rushed 47h · completionist 267h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

4,170 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Total War: Rome II is a strategy video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It was released on 3 September 2013, for Microsoft Windows as the eighth standalone game in the Total War series of video games and the successor to the 2004 game Rome: Total War.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,170 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,427 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~303/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 3.5M–7.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 88,117 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 53 of 101 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2,162 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 387 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,329 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,037 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 809 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 728 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 603 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 608 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7.1k02026-08-06 21:00 — 5,434 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 2,741 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 4,689 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 5,845 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 3,353 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 5,368 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 6,338 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 3,585 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 6,043 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 6,464 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,812 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 4,645 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 5,185 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,583 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 4,670 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 5,000 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,532 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 5,276 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 6,994 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2,992 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 4,288 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 6,587 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,847 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 6,507 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 3,565 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 3,781 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 6,034 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 4,170 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$8.322015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $14.982015-03-30 — best price $59.952015-06-11 — best price $29.972015-09-04 — best price $29.972016-01-04 — best price $11.062016-03-28 — best price $14.502016-07-04 — best price $53.952016-09-26 — best price $59.952016-12-28 — best price $59.952017-04-19 — best price $14.992017-07-17 — best price $14.982017-10-02 — best price $19.992017-12-22 — best price $20.392018-03-25 — best price $59.952018-06-21 — best price $20.382018-11-21 — best price $12.992019-03-11 — best price $12.992019-09-28 — best price $43.752020-01-30 — best price $44.042020-05-25 — best price $59.952020-07-17 — best price $50.862020-08-24 — best price $46.992020-10-03 — best price $59.952020-11-13 — best price $50.862021-01-06 — best price $47.842021-02-17 — best price $50.862021-04-01 — best price $59.952021-05-11 — best price $50.862021-10-03 — best price $59.952022-06-23 — best price $12.492024-03-14 — best price $14.992025-01-25 — best price $15.002025-05-19 — best price $13.792025-10-06 — best price $59.992026-01-23 — best price $10.792026-04-03 — best price $59.992026-06-11 — best price $59.992026-08-25 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2221112026-05-30 — 140 pageviews2026-06-02 — 154 pageviews2026-06-05 — 202 pageviews2026-06-08 — 199 pageviews2026-06-11 — 170 pageviews2026-06-14 — 130 pageviews2026-06-17 — 148 pageviews2026-06-20 — 138 pageviews2026-06-23 — 144 pageviews2026-06-26 — 139 pageviews2026-06-29 — 179 pageviews2026-07-02 — 143 pageviews2026-07-05 — 179 pageviews2026-07-08 — 164 pageviews2026-07-11 — 167 pageviews2026-07-14 — 173 pageviews2026-07-17 — 167 pageviews2026-07-20 — 184 pageviews2026-07-23 — 191 pageviews2026-07-26 — 163 pageviews2026-07-29 — 180 pageviews2026-08-01 — 171 pageviews2026-08-04 — 157 pageviews2026-08-07 — 154 pageviews2026-08-10 — 156 pageviews2026-08-13 — 151 pageviews2026-08-16 — 222 pageviews2026-08-19 — 161 pageviews2026-08-22 — 173 pageviews2026-08-25 — 172 pageviews2026-08-27 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
83.9%
earned "Auxilia"
27.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam Trading CardsCamera Comfort14 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Czech

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)35,0770%188

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

RTSWarRomeCo-opStrategyTacticalHistoricalSimulationTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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