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Expeditions: Rome
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending at least 13% of players who started
Started playing 82% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 6,840
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 35h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- At least 13% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Para Bellum” (If you want peace, you should prepare for war) and “Pax Romana” (Restore all of Asia Minor to Roman control): from 75% to 48% of starters.
- 82% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 6,873 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 58h for positive, 13.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (82.1% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Patronus Meet Consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus. 100%
- Legatus Legionis Gain command of Legio Victrix. 79% −21
- Para Bellum If you want peace, you should prepare for war. 75% −4
- Pax Romana Restore all of Asia Minor to Roman control. Most players quit here 48% −27
- Lex Talionis The law of retaliation demands an eye for an eye. 31% −17
- Veni, Vidi, Vici You came, you saw, and you have conquered. 23% −8
- Romani Ite Domum Fight and kill Albinus in Gaul. 22%
- Quinctius Cincinnatus Retire to your farm or remain active in Roman politics. ≥13% −9
story milestone ending (most common ending) biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (70)
story milestone ending side
- Patronus Meet Consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus. 100%
- Legatus Legionis Gain command of Legio Victrix. 79%
- Tuebor Incapacitate an enemy with an attack of opportunity. 78%
- Para Bellum If you want peace, you should prepare for war. 75%
- Abundans Cautela Non Nocet Finish a combat encounter without taking any health damage. 69%
- Causa Mortis Trigger a dismemberment for every limb. 63%
- Prima Facie Recruit Deianeira to your party. 53%
- Ad Altiora Tendo Construct all legion outpost buildings. 52%
- Oleum Camino Incapacitate 10 enemies with fire, poison, or bleeding damage. 48%
- Pax Romana Restore all of Asia Minor to Roman control. 48%
- Citius Altius Fortius Complete The Olympian. 47%
- Regina Aegypti Meet the rightful Queen of Egypt. 45%
- Festina Lente Have a single character attack 5 times in a single turn. 41%
- Familia Supra Omnia Complete Family Reunion. 40%
- Memento Mori Complete Afterlife Travel Guide. 37%
- Morior Invictus Incapacitate an enemy shieldbearer without ever dealing damage to their shield. 37%
- Carthago Delenda Est Furthermore, I consider that Nasamones must be conquered. 37%
- Aut Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam Unlock every legion battle strategem. 35%
- Amor Vincit Omnia Complete a romance. 35%
- XVII Learn the ominous meaning of The Number of Death. 33%
- Lex Talionis The law of retaliation demands an eye for an eye. 31%
- Audi, Vide, Tace Complete The Golden Wolf. 29%
- Collige Virgo Rosas Complete Mariticide. 28%
- Bellum Gallicum Begin the war in Gaul. 28%
- Pede Poena Claudo Complete The Third Man. 27%
- Ab Antiquo Reforge Tutankhamon's dagger. 26%
- Sanguinem Sacrificium The gods demand a tribute in blood. 25%
- In Loco Parentis Complete Damsels in Distress. 25%
- Non Plus Ultra Fully upgrade all legion outpost buildings. 23%
- Veni, Vidi, Vici You came, you saw, and you have conquered. 23%
- Romani Ite Domum Fight and kill Albinus in Gaul. 22%
- Magnum Opus Complete Menhir for Divitiacus. 21%
- Nec Aspera Terrent Complete an encounter with 6 people on your team but no Heavy class characters. 20%
- Semper Paratus Use more than 5 consumables in a single encounter. 19%
- Cum Gladio Et Sale Shred 10 points of armour from the same character. 19%
- Legio Patria Nostra Complete The Tax Collectors. 18%
- Julius Caesar Finish the game on Medium difficulty or higher. 18%
- Damnum Absque Injuria Incapacitate an enemy with the damage from Rebuke. 17%
- Morituri te Salutant Complete the game with Combat Death turned on. 16%
- Ante Omnia Armari Start a fight with every weapon type equipped by one of your characters. 16%
- Iuncta Iuvant Have a character assigned to each outpost assignment at the same time. 15%
- Cum Laude Become the Champion of Asia Minor. 15%
- De Legibus Learn a second rhetorical technique from Cicero. 14%
- Per Pedes Move 42 hexes or more in a single turn. 14%
- Quinctius Cincinnatus Retire to your farm or remain active in Roman politics. 13%
- Miserere Nobis Side with Theophilus at Mysia. 12%
- Post Coitum Sleep with Cleopatra. 12%
- Marcus Antonius Willingly exile yourself from Rome. 10%
- Accipe Hoc Incapacitate more than 3 units with a single catapult strike. 9.9%
- Magna Cum Laude Become the Champion of Egypt. 9.7%
- Ophidia In Herba Attempt to poison Mithridates. 8.8%
- Gaius Octavius Become Dictator for life. 8.6%
- Summa Cum Laude Become the Champion of Gallia. 8.0%
- Junius Brutus Sacrifice your life for your friends. 7.8%
- Arcana Imperii Become the Proconsul of Egypt. 7.4%
- Absit Iniuria Kill Sebastianos in the amphitheatre before ending the encounter. 6.7%
- Cedere Nescio Fight an army of 300,000 and lose. 5.5%
- Mors Tua Vita Mea Perform a takedown with every type of weapon in the game. 5.4%
- Pompeius Magnus Finish the game on Hard difficulty or higher. 5.0%
- Ad Leones Have one of your characters get incapacitated by a lion. 4.4%
- Pater Familias Marry Cato. 3.8%
- Oderint Dum Metuant Fully break morale of more than 5 enemies in a single encounter. 2.3%
- Ego Sum Spartacus! Complete the game in Iron Man mode. 1.9%
- Age Quod Agis Win an arena fight after reaching 80 negative audience approval. 1.9%
- Licinius Crassus Finish the game on Insane difficulty. 1.6%
- Plaudite Cives Complete the game as a Gladiator. 1.3%
- Contra Spem Spero Win a fight in any arena with only 1 character left standing. 1.1%
- Nil Per Os Complete an encounter while both starving and dehydrated. 0.7%
- Circulus Vitiosus Kill 25 enemies with Retaliation attacks. 0.6%
- Peccatum Originale Cover every hex in the arena with oil, water, caltrops, fire, or scorchmarks. 0.5%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.