Games like Never Second in Rome
If Never Second in Rome is your kind of game, the closest matches are A Legionary's Life, Field of Glory II and The Heroic Legend of America: Second Revolutionary War — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Never Second in Rome: Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements. You are a Roman centurion in the army of Julius Caesar. You will control both your character and the unit under his command.
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A Legionary's Life
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Top pick for Never Second in Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Never Second in Rome.
A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.
Field of Glory II
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Second-strongest match for Never Second in Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
The Heroic Legend of America: Second Revolutionary War
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Never Second in Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Never Second in Rome.
America Second Revolutionary War from 1854 to 1865.
Qvadriga
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Never Second in Rome.
Ranked #4 for Never Second in Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
Qvadriga is a tactical game of chariot racing in ancient Roman circuses, where you take control of a four horse chariot team. Choose your preferred upgrade combinations and prove your skills at the arena.
Field of Glory: Empires
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Never Second in Rome.
Ranked #5 for Never Second in Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Field of Glory: Empires is a grand strategy game in which you will have to move in an intricate and living tapestry of nations and tribes, each one with their distinctive culture.
Unity of Command II
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Ranked #6 for Never Second in Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
Unity of Command II is the sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time; a game critics called 'the perfect gateway' into computer war games.
Age of Gladiators
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a stressful mood with Never Second in Rome.
Ranked #7 for Never Second in Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
"Age of Gladiators" is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities.
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Ranked #8 for Never Second in Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
The Last Warlord is a Turn-based strategy game. The game is based on the famous Chinese historical novel. The Three Kingdoms (A.D. 190 – 280) was the tripartite division of China between the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
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Reviewers of Never Second in Rome cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Reviewers of Never Second in Rome cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
The Banner Saga
WHY THIS
Shares narrative branching and an atmospheric mood with Never Second in Rome.
Reviewers of Never Second in Rome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Never Second in Rome.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Reviewers of Never Second in Rome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Reviewers of Never Second in Rome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Never Second in Rome.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and a nostalgic mood with Never Second in Rome.
Reviewers of Never Second in Rome cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Total War: ROME REMASTERED lets you relive the legacy that defined the award-winning strategy game series. Remastered to 4K with multiple improvements to visuals as well as refinements to gameplay, it’s time to revisit a true classic. Not everyone gets a second chance to conquer the Roman Empire.
A Legionary's Life
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Reviewers of Never Second in Rome cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Never Second in Rome.
A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Never Second in Rome at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Never Second in Rome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Never Second in Rome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Never Second in Rome.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Never Second in Rome on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Never Second in Rome.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Never Second in Rome.
Priced ~52% under Never Second in Rome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Never Second in Rome.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Never Second in Rome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Never Second in Rome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Never Second in Rome.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Never Second in Rome on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Never Second in Rome.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Never Second in Rome on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Never Second in Rome.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Never Second in Rome.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Never Second in Rome.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Never Second in Rome.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Never Second in Rome.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Never Second in Rome.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Frequently asked about Never Second in Rome
- Does Never Second in Rome run on Steam Deck?
- Never Second in Rome is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Never Second in Rome cost?
- Never Second in Rome is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Never Second in Rome?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Never Second in Rome are A Legionary's Life, Field of Glory II, The Heroic Legend of America: Second Revolutionary War.
- Who developed Never Second in Rome?
- Never Second in Rome was developed by Alessandro Roberti.
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