The niche at a glance

Rome on Steam: 290 released games, 84 in the last 12 months, 120 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 24. 32% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 10%. Rome is a Steam store tag, applied by the developer and refined by players; a game carries several tags at once, so niche counts overlap and do not add up to the size of the Steam catalogue. Data as of .

What releases end up with

lifetime reviews · released 3 years ago to 90 days ago · failures included106 releases
p101
p254
median24
p7582
p90405
32% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $8.99 · 10% free-to-play

Releases per year

outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago, anything newer has not had time to gather reviews
2019
12med 214 · 25% unseen
2020
14med 15 · 36% unseen
2021
23med 34 · 26% unseen
2022
32med 31 · 38% unseen
2023
23med 20 · 39% unseen
2024
34med 29 · 21% unseen
2025
36med 11 · 44% unseen
2026
48med 21 · 35% unseen · 17 too fresh

Rome × mechanics: what the pairings end up with

every mechanics tag shipped with Rome at least 5 times · same window× mechanics× presentation
share reaching 500 reviews, shrunk towards the catalogue · click a row to open the concept
Rome ×3 y12 mmedian≥500adjusted vs chancelast hitwho made it
Resource Management113489under 2020.4%
cliché ×2.15182 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Citadelum
Gods of Sand
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Citadelum · Gods of Sand
Management2199033.3% 17%–55%20.3%
cliché ×2.97161 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Gods of Sand
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Blackthorn Arena: Reforged · Gods of Sand
City Builder126276under 2019.8%
cliché ×5.89335 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Citadelum
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Citadelum · Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Simulation33133624.2% 13%–41%17.6%
cliché ×1.58161 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Slaves of Rome
Citadelum
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Slaves of Rome · Citadelum
Turn-Based Strategy17836under 2017.1%
cliché ×3.98161 d
Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Gods of Sand
Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES · Blackthorn Arena: Reforged · Gods of Sand
Choices Matter13654under 2016.2%
cliché ×1.53182 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Slaves of Rome
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Slaves of Rome · Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Base Building14536under 2015.7%
cliché ×2.91215 d
Citadelum
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Citadelum · Blackthorn Arena: Reforged · Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Sandbox94276under 2014.9%
cliché ×1.65335 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Citadelum
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Citadelum · Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Strategy44162718.2% 10%–32%14.6%
cliché ×2.37182 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
Citadelum
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES · Citadelum
Building115105under 2014.0%
cliché ×2.31335 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Citadelum
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Citadelum · Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Turn-Based Combat11636under 2014.0%
cliché ×2.50161 d
Gods of Sand
Never Second in Rome
Bloodgrounds
Gods of Sand · Never Second in Rome · Bloodgrounds
Tactical12645under 2013.5%
cliché ×3.59182 d
Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
Gods of Sand
Bloodgrounds
Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES · Gods of Sand · Bloodgrounds
Strategy RPG626under 2012.8%
cliché ×3.93215 d
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Bloodgrounds
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged · Bloodgrounds
RPG23125417.4% 7%–37%12.4%
cliché ×1.52161 d
Slaves of Rome
Gods of Sand
Never Second in Rome
Slaves of Rome · Gods of Sand · Never Second in Rome
Choose Your Own Adventure7454under 2012.3%
ordinary ×1.49335 d
Anno 117: Pax Romana
Slaves of Rome
Anno 117: Pax Romana · Slaves of Rome
7 pairings cleared 20 releases; 159 more never reached 5 and are not listed. Compared against 6.7% for games that carry any tags at all.

About these numbers

“Adjusted” is the share pulled towards the catalogue with the weight of twenty releases: the top of any ranked list is optimistic (out of a hundred pairings one will show 35 % on 23 releases by luck alone), and the adjustment is what stops a small lucky group from leading. The band next to the raw share is the 95 % interval. This list is the same for everyone today; the second opinion is the description-based one on Pitch comps.