Romans Age of Caesar

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Romans Age of Caesar is a multiplayer open world city builder game with economy and historical themes. It was developed by Firefly Studios and was released on April 27, 2022. It received neutral reviews from players.

Build Rome Together! A co-operative grand strategy MMO from a team of veteran city builders, Romans: Age of Caesar is the latest historical strategy game from Firefly Studios.

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42%

Audience ScoreBased on 262 reviews

music2 positive mentions

monetization10 negative mentions

Cooperative multiplayer city building encouraging collaboration among players.
Free to play with optional purchases; early gameplay is accessible without spending money.
Unique blend of city building, research, and combat with a strategic long-term focus.

Highly pay-to-win with progression heavily favoring paying players and difficult for new players to catch up.
Game mechanics are slow, grindy, with real-time build timers leading to repetitive clicking and waiting.
Numerous bugs, technical issues, and poorly optimized performance leading to crashes and lag.

gameplay
31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay offers a familiar mobile strategy experience with settlement building, resource management, and troop defense, featuring some complexity masked by simplistic mechanics and slow progression due to resource dependency and time-gated actions. While comparisons to games like Stronghold Kingdoms are common, issues such as pay-to-win elements, tedious tutorials, bugs, and unbalanced mechanics detract from long-term engagement, though ongoing updates and cooperative MMO aspects provide some promise. Overall, it suits quick, casual play rather than deep or immersive strategy fans.
- “Honestly I find the game great 10/10 definitely in terms of up-to-date with mobile game mechanics.”
- “Similar gameplay to Stronghold Kingdoms but better design and overall gameplay is much more involved.”
- “The gameplay mechanics are that you set up a settlement, upgrade the settlement with the resources you gather, and defend your settlement with your troops.”
- “There are main 4 issues: 1. Building up your hero's army is difficult, especially adding troops; 2. Building your city area is too dependent on wood and, more importantly, on the wood of your neighbors, making building your city too slow and frustrating; 3. There are a number of resources needed to play the game, so you can only play for a short time and then you have to wait for an hour for your inventory to restock; 4. The tutorial and help information is awful to non-existent and the game mechanics are unintuitive.”
- “Great concept... however incredibly tedious tutorial and gameplay (click here, wait 1 min for this building... click here upgrade now takes 10 min).”
- “The tutorial was incredibly slow and long drawn out for the tiny amount of gameplay it explained (not that there is much to explain in the whole game).”
graphics
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are generally described as basic, outdated, and reminiscent of older RTS or 2D games, with some users appreciating the nostalgic and unique artwork despite its simplicity. While some find the visuals charming and fitting for the gameplay, others criticize them as shallow, overly bright, or even headache-inducing. Overall, the graphics are seen as functional but not a standout feature, with gameplay and design choices outweighing visual quality.
- “Great game, good graphics, easy for a beginner yet challenging for advanced players.”
- “It's fun to play a city builder that doesn't have generic mobile graphics.”
- “The game has well done 2D graphics and animations.”
- “The game visuals and the game itself are incredibly shallow... think of them as the too-bright, colourful, thin plastic cabinet dress theme on a poker machine at the casino.”
- “Animation and graphics are terrible.”
- “The graphics are basic and you should take your time deciding what to do and how to do it.”
monetization
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization is widely criticized as a cheap, aggressive cash grab with overpriced microtransactions that hinder gameplay progression. Many users feel the game prioritizes profit over quality and fairness, limiting enjoyment especially for free-to-play players. Despite some unique elements, the excessive time gates and pay-to-win aspects undermine the overall experience.
- “Like most mobile-tier cash grabs, you're forced to sign a highly questionable yet legally unenforceable end user license agreement. For a lowest possible quality mobile app, this is clearly intended to strip away your consumer rights and compromise your privacy.”
- “I would have gladly paid $70 for a quality product, instead we get a bare bones cash grab.”
- “The in-game purchases are extremely expensive.”
grinding
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The grinding in this game is often described as excessive and tedious, with frequent cooldowns leading to slow progression and repetitive tasks. While intended to be casual, the gameplay heavily revolves around resource gathering and monotonous activities, which some players find boring and shallow.
- “Not a fan of games with cooldown time, which makes it too grindy for me.”
- “There is very little in the game anyway to play, other than grinding.”
- “Not much you can do aside from mind-numbing barbarian hut grinding.”
stability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent freezes and numerous bugs that impact gameplay and content access. These technical problems, especially noticeable during recent updates, detract from the overall experience despite the game's appealing design and aesthetic.
- “I will say it's a buggy mess, however there's quite a lot of charm to this game and I like a lot of the design choices the devs made, gameplay-wise as well as the overall aesthetic of the game.”
- “Janky AF mobile game that freezes frequently.”
- “Bugs: the Steam rollout and new 'late republic 1' world was definitely ragged, which left the impression this is a buggy game.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music received mixed feedback, with some users finding it immersive and a standout feature, while others were less impressed or indifferent. It has a style reminiscent of Stronghold 1 with a Roman influence.
- “One of the best features is the wonderful music that really draws you into the game.”
- “Music reminds me of Stronghold 1 but with some Roman taste - it's okay.”
- “Don't like the music much.”
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story aspect is minimal and focuses more on gameplay elements like building and managing plots and roads. Players appreciate the ease of constructing and adjusting their layouts, though some restrictions on moving certain buildings exist.