Faithful classic with better graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Great Remaster, amazing recreation with bug fixes and better graphics!”
Steam review · 98.5 h played ↗
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive2021Grand Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · Strategy
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A faithful remaster of the 2004 classic with better graphics, mods and a low sale price. Skip it if you loved the original UI, hate crashes, or dislike the cartoonish map and dated AI.
Great for
Nostalgic fans and newcomers who want classic Rome campaigns and mods, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
The redesigned mobile-style UI and crashes can make it feel worse than the original
What changed in the last 30 days
50 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews focus on the UI, ongoing crashes, broken multiplayer and anger over the original being delisted. No new patch is cited, so confidence is moderate.
50 recent reviews
What players love
Workshop and mod support
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“all the mods available make this game even better”
Steam review · 26.6 h played ↗
Deep, highly replayable campaigns and battles
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Each faction offers different challenges, requiring differing strategies.”
Steam review · 2373.3 h played ↗
Great value with expansions included
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“You get the game and the expansion packs.”
Steam review · 12 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, tiny mobile-style UI
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“The UI alone is enough to make me want to throw myself into a hot furnace.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Frequent crashes and stability issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It constantly crashes randomly.”
Steam review · 40.9 h played ↗
Original delisted, huge file size, cash grab
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Terrible compression seeing game itself is 45GB.”
Steam review · 14.1 h played ↗
Bad pathfinding and unit control
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I love waiting thirty minutes for my scythed chariots to figure out how to leave gates”
Steam review · 227.7 h played ↗
Dated AI and pointless diplomacy
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Diplomacy means nothing in this game”
Steam review · 25.1 h played ↗
Cartoonish map and worse art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The campaign map is very cartoony and looks worse than the original that's almost 20 years old”
Steam review · 78.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable45 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit (version 1809)
ProcessorIntel i3 series | AMD FX-4000 series
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 600 series (1GB VRAM) | AMD HD 7000 series (1GB VRAM) | Intel UHD 620
Storage45 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit (version 20H2)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4570 | Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB | AMD Radeon R9 290 4GB
Storage45 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit (version 1809)
ProcessorIntel i3 series | AMD FX-4000 series
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 600 series (1GB VRAM) | AMD HD 7000 series (1GB VRAM) | Intel UHD 620
Storage45 GB available space
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