Gorgeous visuals and Roman atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Graphics are amazing, city building aspects are refreshing; day one... this [i]feels[/i] good to play.”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 69%Mixed · 69%Ubisoft Mainz2025City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
−40%$59.99$35.99
US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A beautiful Roman Anno with diagonal building, land combat and satisfying production chains, but thinner than Anno 1800. Skip it if you hate Ubisoft Connect, DLC drip-feeding or want a finished campaign.
Great for
Anno and city-builder fans who love the Roman setting and mainly play the endless mode
Main risk
Less content than Anno 1800, an unfinished campaign, and Ubisoft Connect and DLC practices
What players love
Great Anno successor that keeps improving
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“now with the Year 1 content and a bit more balancing, it's really good.”
Steam review · 78.4 h played ↗
Diagonal building and fresh new mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The main one is diagonal building. It’s f***ing awesome and it changes the game a lot.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Land combat is back
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Land troops and walls were a particular delight; building Roman fortress islands is a pleasure.”
Steam review · translated · 35.3 h played ↗
Addictive, relaxing city building and production chains
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“I think I could easily go another 300 hours just perfecting production lines, supply chains, and trade routes”
Steam review · 332.5 h played ↗
Beginner-friendly and moddable
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“The campaign offers a okey-written story and does a great job introducing the core mechanics without overwhelming you or throwing you in the dark.”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too little content, a reskin of Anno 1800
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Anno 1800 with different models, textures and ground units - I would consider this to be an overpriced DLC”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Ubisoft Connect launcher and account problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Frequently taking 5+ mins to start a game, and more frequently just showing the message "This product cannot be activated right now, please try again later."”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Misleading Year 1 pass and costly DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you can buy a misleading 1-year pass, which only includes DLCs 2, 4, and 7, none of the others in between.”
Steam review · 37.8 h played ↗
Unfinished, abruptly ending campaign
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It ends very abruptly, without even telling the player, and moves to random quests.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
AI-generated art in loading screens
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The use of AI slop for the artwork is really disappointing from a series that's always had such beautiful art.”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Poor optimization, stutter and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“There is a constant twice a second stutter in the graphics that won't go away.”
Steam review · 70.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support117 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64 bit only)
ProcessorIntel 7th Gen: Intel Core i7-7700 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD Radeon RX-5600 XT (6GB)
Storage117 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11 (64 bit only)
ProcessorIntel 9th Gen: Intel Core i5-9600k or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (8GB) or AMD Radeon RX-6600 XT (8GB)
Storage117 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64 bit only)
ProcessorIntel 7th Gen: Intel Core i7-7700 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (6GB) or AMD Radeon RX-5600 XT (6GB)
Storage117 GB available space
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