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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.

Release DateSep 2, 2013
Price$ 59.99  Top 1%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)86% (very positive) / 86.4%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.5% Top 15% / 85.2%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)45.9K  Top 1% / 75.5K  Top 1%
Curators562 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time216.4 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar3.6 hours  Top 3%
Followers146.8K  Top 1%
Owners± 3.8M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 2.2M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 43.3M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition's Steam rating and reviews between September 2013 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 86.6% (October 2013) to 77.2% (May 2014).

With 75.5K reviews Top 1%, Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition is an undeniable major AAA level success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (55%), followed by Russian (8%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 29 different languages represented. The game is translated in 9 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 604 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.2 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 374 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • challenging battles
  • easier province management
  • logical features
  • factions variety
  • improved technology researching
  • standard Total War gameplay
  • real-time microstrategy
  • rich historical detail
  • cool city-building
  • challenging RTS fights
  • clunky UI
  • unoptimized engine
  • bugs
  • content locked behind DLC
  • lifeless family/politics systems
  • faction inaccuracies
  • long AI turns
  • loss of RTS in late-game
  • low archer damage
  • tedious waiting for moves

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's score of 86% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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