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Anno 117: Pax Romana

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 • 2025

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Quick resume

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Global score

70/100

Genres

Simulator, Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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    Pros

    • Beautiful and detailed graphics
    • Engaging city-building and production mechanics
    • Innovative diagonal roads and building placement
    • Addictive gameplay with long play sessions
    • Rich roman atmosphere and setting

    Cons

    • Campaign is short and ends abruptly
    • Multiplayer is buggy and unstable
    • Some ui and quality-of-life issues
    • Ai opponents sometimes cheat or behave unrealistically
    • Use of ai-generated art criticized

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "The game offers complex mechanics, tactical battles, and strategic resource management that challenge player skill and provide feedback."

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is mainly on personal progression and sandbox play; limited evidence of competitive multiplayer or leaderboards."

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    • Continuation

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      "Players report long play sessions, habitual returns, and deep engagement with campaigns and city building."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Co-op multiplayer is available but currently buggy and unstable; most gameplay and progression is designed for solo play."

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    • Creativity

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      "Strong emphasis on city design, layout optimization, and customizing islands and production chains."

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a relaxing and immersive escape into ancient Roman city life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players mostly engage out of intrinsic interest and personal desire; some frustration with bugs but voluntary play."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Players try new gods, strategies, and game modes, with ongoing expansions and balance changes encouraging experimentation."

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Some community aspects exist but mostly solo play with limited social connection."

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    • Growth

      Game with the same Growth vibe

      3

      "Players develop skills in city building, resource management, and strategic planning over time."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay typical of city builders with no physical activity component."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention and micromanagement rather than idle or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "Social interactions are minimal and surface-level; no evidence of close relationships forming in-game."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead their city and armies strategically, but no multiplayer leadership roles."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong progression through unlocking new buildings, research levels, and upgrading population tiers."

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable visuals, sound design, and animations provide sensory pleasure and emotional satisfaction."

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Fellowship. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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    Last update: 30/04/2026