Games like CivCity: Rome
If CivCity: Rome is your kind of game, the closest matches are Imperium Romanum Gold Edition, Grand Ages: Rome and Citadelum — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its campaign difficulty scales gradually, historical simulation feels educational and challenging. 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 CivCity: Rome: CivCity: Rome, an innovative city builder inspired by the world of Sid Meiers Civilization, and created by a collaboration between Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games, invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom-in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself!
Players who liked CivCity: Rome also play
Steam players who put hours into CivCity: Rome also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Imperium Romanum Gold Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with CivCity: Rome.
Top pick for CivCity: Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire. As governor of a Roman province, you will devise a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. Its fortune very much lies in your own hands.
Grand Ages: Rome
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with CivCity: Rome.
Second-strongest match for CivCity: Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
As Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar’s Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions.
Citadelum
WHY THIS
Shares sandbox mode and a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Third-strongest match for CivCity: Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.
Summa Expeditionis
WHY THIS
Shares campaign progression and a challenging mood with CivCity: Rome.
Ranked #4 for CivCity: Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
Caesar™ IV
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Ranked #5 for CivCity: Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.
Children of the Nile: Enhanced Edition
WHY THIS
Shares sandbox mode and a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Ranked #6 for CivCity: Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Children of the Nile™ is a unique gem of a city-building game, unparalleled in both grandeur and attention to detail.As Pharaoh you will guide your people through thousands of years of history: from simple hunter-gatherers to the creation of an immortal civilization.
Toy Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with CivCity: Rome.
Ranked #7 for CivCity: Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Become a master strategist in this physics-based Real-Time Tactics game! Command minifig-inspired armies and customize strategies with hand-drawn formations. Conquer unique campaigns for all five armies and unleash massive battles in both single-player and multiplayer modes. Victory awaits!
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Ranked #8 for CivCity: Rome fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CivCity: Rome at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CivCity: Rome on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CivCity: Rome on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CivCity: Rome on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Priced ~60% under CivCity: Rome on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Russian Life Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CivCity: Rome on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
The most realistic simulator of the life of a Russian person. Collect pension from birth, collect bottles to survive and become part of an exciting life-long story.
Achievement Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CivCity: Rome on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Feel like a real Achievement hunter! Earn Achievements, upgrades and get the most Achievements on steam!
House of Detention
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CivCity: Rome on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Unique horror with a Deep plot, a lot of characters, great sound effects and a creepy atmosphere of Real Dungeon. Locker Room, Gym, Various Monsters, Atmospheric Music, Meme Scrolls, The Lash of the Spain King and much more! Right Version Included.
My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under CivCity: Rome on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
A fun watermelon merge puzzle game! Combine various matching fruits to help Kyo gather watermelons in four different game modes!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
Fallout Shelter
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
DCS World Steam Edition
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Feel the excitement of flying the Su-25T "Frogfoot" attack jet and the TF-51D "Mustang" in the free-to-play Digital Combat Simulator World!
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition offers players a trial of this historical single & multiplayer RTS experience. *Note: To unlock all features of the game please see the “Base Game” product.
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The epic story of evolution, technology, humanity, and dinosaurs is yours to tap.
Moonbase Alpha
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
NASA has once again landed on the lunar surface with the goal of colonization, research, and further exploration. Shortly after the return to the Moon, NASA has established a small outpost on the south pole of the moon called Moonbase Alpha.
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More from FireFly Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by FireFly Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Another title from FireFly Studios, the studio behind CivCity: Rome. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Stronghold Crusader 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with CivCity: Rome.
Another title from FireFly Studios, the studio behind CivCity: Rome. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to the original castle sim. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the desert with a new 3D engine and powerful Havok Physics. Crusader 2 recaptures the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation.
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with CivCity: Rome.
Another title from FireFly Studios, the studio behind CivCity: Rome. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Another title from FireFly Studios, the studio behind CivCity: Rome. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
Stronghold HD (2012)
WHY THIS
Shares campaign progression and a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Another title from FireFly Studios, the studio behind CivCity: Rome. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with CivCity: Rome.
Another title from FireFly Studios, the studio behind CivCity: Rome. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
Stronghold: Warlords
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with CivCity: Rome.
Another title from FireFly Studios, the studio behind CivCity: Rome. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Stronghold 3 Gold
WHY THIS
Another title from FireFly Studios, the studio behind CivCity: Rome. Shares Strategy with CivCity: Rome.
Set 10 years after the original, Stronghold 3: Gold follows the vengeful story of The Wolf in the third installment of the award-winning castle building series. The Wolf has cheated death become even more bitter and twisted. Build castles, rally your troops and save medieval England!
Frequently asked about CivCity: Rome
- Does CivCity: Rome run on Steam Deck?
- CivCity: 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 CivCity: Rome cost?
- CivCity: Rome is listed on Steam at 2.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CivCity: Rome?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CivCity: Rome are Imperium Romanum Gold Edition, Grand Ages: Rome, Citadelum.
- Who developed CivCity: Rome?
- CivCity: Rome was developed by FireFly Studios, Firaxis Games and published by 2K.
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