The best ancient Rome games

Ancient Rome was a powerful and influential civilization that emerged in the Italian Peninsula around the 8th century BCE and lasted until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE. It left a profound impact on Western culture, politics, law, architecture, language, and more.

Ancient Rome's influence on human history is profound and continues to be studied and admired for its accomplishments, as well as its lessons on governance, power, and civilization. These games are all set at the time when the ancient Romans were known (almost) in every corner of Europe and beyond.

Most popular ancient Rome games

Age of Empires

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Caesar 2

simulationDOS

Sort by:

Caesar 2

DOS1995 Impressions Games

Caesar 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected Impressions Games

Age of Empires

Windows XP/98/951997protecteddemo Ensemble Studios

Age of Empires, published by Microsoft and developed by Ensemble Studios, is one of the most popular historical RTS and started a successful series. The player must guide a civilization from prehistory to the iron age, battling other civilizations, building and gathering resources.

Centurion: Defender of Rome

DOS1990 Bits of magic

Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.

Asterix and Obelix

DOS1996 Infogrames

Timequest

DOS1991protected Legend Entertainment

Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires

DOS1990 The Learning Company

Rome: Pathway to Power

DOS1993 Millennium Interactive

Rome: Pathway to Power (also known as Rome AD 92) is an abandoned isometric adventure game with strategy elements set in ancient Rome. Rome was developed by Millennium Interactive and released in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms.

Praetorians

Windows XP/98/952003protected Eidos Interactive

Praetorians is a real-time strategy (RTS) game originally released in 2003 by Pyro Studios. Set in the Roman Empire during its peak, the game offers a blend of strategy and tactics, focusing on large-scale battles rather than resource management or base building. The game is set during the Roman Empire and features three distinct factions: Rom...