Buy it if you like
- Gameplay: 100 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Graphics: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Interface: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 870 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
59% of themes are praise8% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
100 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It has an actual functioning diplomacy system, dynamism, tons of replayability, and long/fulfilling campaigns.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There is a lot to do in this game - detailed diplomacy, land combat, sieges, watching your empires decadence and legacy, getting your objectives, choosing buildings, establishing your economy, moving around your pops and cultural conversion, navy warfare, decisions, watching your loyalty, city growth.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Granular difficulty and AI aggressivity some of which is quite dynamic throughout the campaign, along with a number of special rule options means you are likely to see significant to ca-razy variation amongst AI driven factions even with the humans playing the same factions multiple times...
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Now that I've played it single player and multiplayer and have logged 100+ hours, I cannot recommend this game highly enough.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story of Anitigonus and Demetrius utterly captivated me, so taking control of their kingdom was a must do.
Crashes
Players who bring up Crashes mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I have yet to see a crash to desktop and I run it on a near minimum spec computer.
+1 more players loved
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Gameplay100 reviews
Combat48 reviews
Difficulty31 reviews
Multiplayer16 reviews
Story16 reviews
Crashes10 reviews
Monetization4 reviews
Divided opinion
Co-op100% still recommend
Players complain
Graphics91% still recommend
Interface76% still recommend
Bugs43% still recommend
Optimization67% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Multi-player
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$39.99
The lowest we've tracked is $19.48.
10 points recordedtoday · $39.99
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