# Games like A Legionary's Life

> The closest matches to A Legionary's Life: Never Second in Rome, Heads Will Roll: Reforged, Expeditions: Rome, The Last Spell, and Rome: Total War™ - Collection. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Never Second in Rome](https://imho.run/games/3169580/never-second-in-rome) — Shares turn based combat with A Legionary's Life. 439 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3169580/)
2. [Heads Will Roll: Reforged](https://imho.run/games/687800/heads-will-roll-reforged) — Also Turn-Based and Perma Death, like A Legionary's Life. 699 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/687800/)
3. [Expeditions: Rome](https://imho.run/games/987840/expeditions-rome) — Also Rome and Historical, like A Legionary's Life. 2,978 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/987840/)
4. [The Last Spell](https://imho.run/games/1105670/the-last-spell) — A frequent pick in A Legionary's Life players' libraries, and another RPG. 6,473 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1105670/)
5. [Rome: Total War™ - Collection](https://imho.run/games/4760/rome-total-war-collection) — Also Rome and Turn-Based, like A Legionary's Life. 8,718 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4760/)
6. [The Age of Decadence](https://imho.run/games/230070/the-age-of-decadence) — Also Rome and Turn-Based, like A Legionary's Life. 2,369 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/230070/)
7. [Aggressors: Ancient Rome](https://imho.run/games/783210/aggressors-ancient-rome) — A frequent pick in A Legionary's Life players' libraries, and another Strategy. 161 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/783210/)
8. [Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant](https://imho.run/games/1063790/citizen-of-rome-dynasty-ascendant) — Also Rome and Rogue-lite, like A Legionary's Life. 196 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1063790/)
9. [Field of Glory II](https://imho.run/games/660160/field-of-glory-ii) — Also Rome and Turn-Based, like A Legionary's Life. 517 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/660160/)
10. [Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition](https://imho.run/games/214950/total-war-rome-ii-emperor-edition) — Also Rome and Turn-Based, like A Legionary's Life. 31,620 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/214950/)
11. [Lost Eidolons](https://imho.run/games/1580520/lost-eidolons) — Also Turn-Based and Perma Death, like A Legionary's Life. 791 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1580520/)
12. [Crown Trick](https://imho.run/games/1000010/crown-trick) — Shares turn based combat with A Legionary's Life. 563 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1000010/)
13. [Praetorians](https://imho.run/games/277460/praetorians) — Also Rome and Historical, like A Legionary's Life. 248 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/277460/)
14. [Ryse: Son of Rome](https://imho.run/games/302510/ryse-son-of-rome) — A frequent pick in A Legionary's Life players' libraries, and another Action. 13,518 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/302510/)
15. [Crowntakers](https://imho.run/games/294370/crowntakers) — Also Turn-Based and Perma Death, like A Legionary's Life. 227 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/294370/)
16. [We Who Are About To Die](https://imho.run/games/973230/we-who-are-about-to-die) — Also Rome and Perma Death, like A Legionary's Life. 6,583 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/973230/)
17. [Expeditions: Viking](https://imho.run/games/445190/expeditions-viking) — Also Turn-Based and Historical, like A Legionary's Life. 1,916 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/445190/)
18. [Gods of Sand](https://imho.run/games/1431230/gods-of-sand) — Shares turn based combat with A Legionary's Life. 238 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1431230/)
19. [Star Renegades](https://imho.run/games/651670/star-renegades) — Also Turn-Based and Rogue-lite, like A Legionary's Life. 1,612 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/651670/)
20. [Imperator: Rome](https://imho.run/games/859580/imperator-rome) — A frequent pick in A Legionary's Life players' libraries, and another Simulation. 12,449 Steam reviews, 67% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/859580/)
21. [Rogue Waters](https://imho.run/games/1691190/rogue-waters) — Shares turn based combat with A Legionary's Life. 474 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1691190/)
22. [NEO Scavenger](https://imho.run/games/248860/neo-scavenger) — Also Turn-Based and Perma Death, like A Legionary's Life. 3,651 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/248860/)
23. [Bloodgrounds](https://imho.run/games/2507820/bloodgrounds) — Shares turn based combat with A Legionary's Life. 227 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2507820/)
24. [Darkest Dungeon®](https://imho.run/games/262060/darkest-dungeon) — Shares turn based combat with A Legionary's Life. 55,844 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/262060/)

## Machine-readable

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## About A Legionary's Life

A Legionary's Life is a text-based roguelike RPG set during the Second Punic War. Players navigate a historically inspired campaign as a Roman soldier, making choices through a text-adventure framework while engaging in turn-based combat. The game features permadeath, stat rolling and improvement across runs, and replayability, with players able to pursue military advancement or simply survive. Reviewers highlight the historical accuracy and immersion, while tactical positioning matters significantly in combat encounters. Released in 2019 by Alessandro Roberti at a price of 7.99 USD, the game holds an 87% positive rating from 2156 Steam reviews.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 1058430
- **Developer:** Alessandro Roberti
- **Publisher:** Alessandro Roberti
- **Genres:** Indie, RPG
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Sep 25, 2019
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

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