CivCity: Rome
Skip · Strategy · 2007
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 31, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 11.6h
- Value
- $0.86/hr
- Reviews
- 71% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 75% ($2.49)
- Last discount ended
- 40 days ago
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Windows only.
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!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $2.49, set in June 2014. Its cuts run 75 percent off as a rule. There have been 70 in the 14 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 6 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 46 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 71 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Citadelum ($24.99, scores 47) beats it on value, while it beats Patron ($19.99, scores 29).
1 of the 451 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 11.6 hours; clearing it takes 53, which is 4.5 times the campaign.
What players say
Well and wood people wont work, makes gameplay impossible. Its possible to fix this by maxing out resolution settings a certain way. Even with this odd fix, the way crashes after a min of gameplay. I ran with GPU and chipset, with no luck. Save your money. Sad because this game was a gem back in the day.
The "Lazy Workers" bug makes the game unplayable and the developers won't fix it. This was a waste of money.
Woe betide us! The gods must surely look down on our disrespectful city and despair! Pizzas! Now there's an idea that will NEVER catch on.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
CivCity: Rome scores 31/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3980/civcity-romeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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