Imperium BCE
Wildercroft Studio · 2022 · Strategy, RTS, City Builder, Building, Assassins
PC
Mixed40% · 10
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About Imperium BCE
Be a leader of one of the greatest civilizations in the world. Bring glory to Rome, in our upcoming title, Imperium BCE.
Would you expand Rome's borders through war? Or would you destabilize and divide kingdoms using spies? In Imperium BCE, you can use many different strategies, to bring about the inevitable Roman dominion.
Surrounded by different kingdoms and cultures, you will need to maintain balance and spread your influence slowly, so as not to alarm your neighbors. Your spies will have to work in secret, act on your orders, to strengthen your culture and religion, making your enemies weaker. Your diplomats might work on improving relations with other kingdoms or might provide you with valid justification for war.
Events
Being in control of a sprawling empire comes at a cost. Unexpected things happen. Events take place which are outside of the control of even the most powerful people. In Imperium BCE, there are events that can hold you back or propel you forward.
An unforeseen rain might ruin the crops. This can lead to food shortages, citizen dissatisfaction, anger with the Gods for letting it happen, or maybe anger with you, for not doing enough for your people. Will you find a way to appease them?
Will you follow the advice of your priests, and have rituals conducted, to celebrate your Gods, at a great cost of the coin, in order to make your citizens happy?
Your choices could have dire consequences. Thread carefully.
Spies
Weaken your enemies. Soften the battlefield. Some of your greatest assets in Imperium BCE will be your spies.
Well trained to operate in secret, your spies will sabotage, assassinate, and do whatever it takes to make Roman take-over easier. Give your spies time and resources, and they will steal essential supplies, spread your culture far and wide, and even disperse diseases, which can devastate entire populations.
Just hope that they never get caught...
War
Train some of the mighties warriors that ever walked the Earth.
Bring your enemies to their knees with advanced battle strategies, reward your soldiers with land, besiege cities, and expand your territory. Attack when your enemies are vulnerable, be able to defend your citizens against anyone who dares to make a move against you. Fight sea battles and maintain control of the sea.
When the dust settles, Rome should have prevailed!
Diplomacy
Win hearts and minds, improve relations, give gifts. Hide your true intentions.
Your diplomats will repair the damage in reputation, caused by your conquests. A good diplomat will make an agitated king feel at ease as if the Roman invasion is not just around the corner. When the time is right, they will provoke and insult, leading kings and their people, into your well-prepared trap.
Wars can be prevented or set in motion by a crafty diplomat. Use them well.
Building
Provide your architects with the resources needed to build the unimaginable!
Develop your cities, turn villages into towns, have your citizens witness Rome growing beyond their wildest imagining. Build structures that will stand the test of time. Different buildings will provide you with different benefits but will take time to construct. Plan your expansion carefully.
Your enemies will be envious of your achievements!
Discoveries
Encourage bright minds to work on inventions, for the benefit of all.
Either by stealing knowledge from other Civilizations, or by careful study, your researchers will help you strengthen Rome, and crush other Civilizations.
As some discoveries can take years to be put into use, you will have to choose carefully which discovery to pour limited resources into.
Have patience. Good things take time.
Laws
Legislation was of great importance to the Roman public.
Choose between different governing political systems, and enact laws that will help shape your society. Organize your people, bring about needed changes, make improvements for your citizens, and reap the benefits of well-structured communities with clear rules and responsibilities.
Watch Rome prosper before your eyes!
Would you expand Rome's borders through war? Or would you destabilize and divide kingdoms using spies? In Imperium BCE, you can use many different strategies, to bring about the inevitable Roman dominion.
Surrounded by different kingdoms and cultures, you will need to maintain balance and spread your influence slowly, so as not to alarm your neighbors. Your spies will have to work in secret, act on your orders, to strengthen your culture and religion, making your enemies weaker. Your diplomats might work on improving relations with other kingdoms or might provide you with valid justification for war.
Events
Being in control of a sprawling empire comes at a cost. Unexpected things happen. Events take place which are outside of the control of even the most powerful people. In Imperium BCE, there are events that can hold you back or propel you forward.
An unforeseen rain might ruin the crops. This can lead to food shortages, citizen dissatisfaction, anger with the Gods for letting it happen, or maybe anger with you, for not doing enough for your people. Will you find a way to appease them?
Will you follow the advice of your priests, and have rituals conducted, to celebrate your Gods, at a great cost of the coin, in order to make your citizens happy?
Your choices could have dire consequences. Thread carefully.
Spies
Weaken your enemies. Soften the battlefield. Some of your greatest assets in Imperium BCE will be your spies.
Well trained to operate in secret, your spies will sabotage, assassinate, and do whatever it takes to make Roman take-over easier. Give your spies time and resources, and they will steal essential supplies, spread your culture far and wide, and even disperse diseases, which can devastate entire populations.
Just hope that they never get caught...
War
Train some of the mighties warriors that ever walked the Earth.
Bring your enemies to their knees with advanced battle strategies, reward your soldiers with land, besiege cities, and expand your territory. Attack when your enemies are vulnerable, be able to defend your citizens against anyone who dares to make a move against you. Fight sea battles and maintain control of the sea.
When the dust settles, Rome should have prevailed!
Diplomacy
Win hearts and minds, improve relations, give gifts. Hide your true intentions.
Your diplomats will repair the damage in reputation, caused by your conquests. A good diplomat will make an agitated king feel at ease as if the Roman invasion is not just around the corner. When the time is right, they will provoke and insult, leading kings and their people, into your well-prepared trap.
Wars can be prevented or set in motion by a crafty diplomat. Use them well.
Building
Provide your architects with the resources needed to build the unimaginable!
Develop your cities, turn villages into towns, have your citizens witness Rome growing beyond their wildest imagining. Build structures that will stand the test of time. Different buildings will provide you with different benefits but will take time to construct. Plan your expansion carefully.
Your enemies will be envious of your achievements!
Discoveries
Encourage bright minds to work on inventions, for the benefit of all.
Either by stealing knowledge from other Civilizations, or by careful study, your researchers will help you strengthen Rome, and crush other Civilizations.
As some discoveries can take years to be put into use, you will have to choose carefully which discovery to pour limited resources into.
Have patience. Good things take time.
Laws
Legislation was of great importance to the Roman public.
Choose between different governing political systems, and enact laws that will help shape your society. Organize your people, bring about needed changes, make improvements for your citizens, and reap the benefits of well-structured communities with clear rules and responsibilities.
Watch Rome prosper before your eyes!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This game looks really interesting and could potentially be a fun addition to the list of games of Roman times, but it isn't finished. This is an Early Access release that wasn't labelled Early Access. It really needs a lot of play testing and it should have had a public beta before its release. The reason I say that is that there are a bunch of unusual things in the UI that aren't conventional and just don't work well. For instance, the dev made the pause key ALT, so you cant Alt-Tab without unpausing. This is just one of MANY weirdnesses that prevent this game from being a successfully launch - again, should have been Early Access until this stuff is worked out. Additionally, there is a bunch of missing critical information from the game - like income! Several things you do in the game cost you gold over time or food over time, but there is nowhere in the UI where it shows you your current gold income or food production so you can't tell whether doing something might sink you or whether you can afford it. Likewise without any indication of income it is impossible to know what buildings to buy next. The UI is missing information in almost every dialog - many don't even tell…21 found this helpful
WIth heavy heart, but no. Promise and setup of the game is good. Lite 4X focused on Rome is good idea, and given uninspirational Imperator: Rome and older EU: Rome there is suprising lack of good games for the period. Even ancient Centurio stands well, so why not Imperium BCE? There is indeed area for such a game. Brief answer - unfinished game riddled by bugs (or poor decisions). This is early alpha at best, more like technological demo. Creating long list of what is wrong makes little sense, there is simply too much. Just the biggest faults: - sketchy, jumpy controls. Cursor is not moving fluently, but jumps - I have not noticed any AI implemented. Maybe it is there, but it does nothing. - There are 3 kinds "perpetual activity" ("resaearch", "academy", "kingdom activity"). Why? BTW, for research you get message when finished, for other 2 no - no minimap. We speak of full europe and north africa, and max zoom just so so fits sicily on screen - if you send spy or envoy for mission, you must have the target city on screen for mission to complete. Makes no sense - you cannot save game when spy or envoy on mission or war is underway. Only one save slot. No autosave even on exit ga…11 found this helpful
[quote][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6142328/][b] With 1,300+ reviews, make sure to follow The Cpt Froggy Club Curator Page for plenty more![/b][/url][/quote] The year is 526 BCE in the Kingdom of Rome, the earliest part of history of the Roman Empire which became the Roman Republic in 509 BCE. From this earliest period of Roman history, you take charge of the small cities of Rome and Hadria which are currently under the control of the Kingdom of Rome. It’s up to you to take control of this small kingdom and turn it into the thriving powerhouse, the Roman Empire which will eventually control everything from Western Europe to the Middle East, some 1.9 million square miles at its height. To begin with you will require a Barracks to train your army, a Navy Port will allow you to build ships and an Artificer will allow you to build catapults so that you can siege other cities. These build options can be found in the Settlement Build Menu split into two categories Agriculture & Economy and Civic & Military, here you will find buildings which will help your city grow and keep your citizens happy. Such buildings as Bakery, Hunting Grounds, Fishing can bring in produce ke…9 found this helpful
The first time I spotted this game on Steam, I added it to my wishlist since it caught my attention. Here is my opinion after playing for a bit after I got it. It's not bad at all, but there is room for improvement, I like it because it reminded me of a mix between Rome Total War and Civilization, but it would be harder and more difficult for someone who has never played Victoria II to get into the game flow. Nevertheless, once you do, you will enjoy it, so I recommend it for strategy fans! Peace!3 found this helpful
I'm totally in love with this game! It's the neat sweet spot between Imperator Rome and a more casual, user-friendly approach to 4x Strategy Games. The graphics are colourful and nice (Unreal Engine) and the game gets steady updates. A lot of things which users recommendated were already implemented in the game. For me one of the best roman strategy games out there, I also learned quite some history trough it :P2 found this helpful
very good game1 found this helpful
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