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A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.

A Legionary's Life is a rome, historical and turn-based game developed and published by Alessandro Roberti.
Released on September 25th 2019 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and German.

It has received 2,371 reviews of which 2,063 were positive and 308 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified A Legionary's Life into these genres:

Rome Historical Turn-Based RPG Turn-Based Combat Replay Value War Perma Death Pixel Graphics Old School Text-Based Retro Rogue-lite Singleplayer Rogue-like Choices Matter Simulation Indie

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
  • Processor: Any CPU with SSE2 instruction set support: Intel Pentium 4+, AMD Athlon 64+
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Any graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
  • Storage: 200 MB available space

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July 2025
I'm writing this review after just completing all the achievements for this game. Honestly one of the best RPG games I've played, it really puts you in the shoes of just an ordinary legionary at first. As you keep playing the game and get a few playthroughs you get more and more points you can spend on enhancements. This severely increases the replayability as you progress your stories from one of an ordinary legionary to that of a renowned centurion with some of the best swordsmanship in the army and potentially a game ending as a consul. The historical accuracy is great and if you take the time to read each one of the texts you can really get immersed in the story. I've tried both this game and Never Second in Rome the supposed sequel to A Legionary's Life and honestly keep coming back to this game, I almost get overwhelmed with the amount of decisions and other complex combat and UI inside of Never Second in Rome. A Legionary's Life is the perfect blend of RNG combat and a level of complexity that makes you feel as if each decision matters but dosen't overwhelm you and has a reason of common sense. Overall, would highly recommend this game if you're looking for something that feels like you're in the shoes of a Roman soldier with aspects of gambling, raging at your own luck, and fights that will have you stressing with whether you should send an attack with low odds or hope his attack misses and you can counter, overall a very enjoyable experience for the casual autistic RNG semi-historybuffed lunatic.
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April 2025
Great game, the permadeath makes it so when you make the choice to extend yourself into a dangerous situation and barely survive it is rewarding, and the meta progression makes it so even in failure you can try again and do better next time.
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March 2025
In the roleplaying aspect, I believe this is one of the best games ever made. The writing is excellent, and anyone interested in ancient history will enjoy it. Though we are following real historical battles, your own accomplishments are very impactful in the story, while still keeping everything fully historically accurate. You can die a nobody or become one of the greatest warriors of the time. I can best illustrate this with one of the most difficult events in the story. If you train your character in the right aspects, and you seize the initiative at the right moment, and then fight many enemies by yourself, you can single-handedly save thousands of people. To be exact, an entire wing of your army. The following quote only describes your reward for this deed, so it will not spoil the context of it. Some could still prefer this not to be revealed before playing, so consider that first before reading it. Still, this was extremely satisfying, so I wanted to quote it: "A crown made of grasses and flowers picked from the battlefield is offered to you. When you start to grasp the magnitude of what is happening, you have to fight back the tears. You are the fifth Roman to receive such a high honor. The fifth in the whole history of the Republic." Powerful stuff. I only wish it was longer, or more dense with story events, at least. Thankfully, as of writing this, the sequel is already out in early access, called Never Second in Rome.
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Feb. 2025
Great game, very engaging. My only gripe is that it ends. Hope the dev eventually works on a DLC. PS If you purchase this game and enjoy it, check out Never Second In Rome.
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Dec. 2024
Девушки, многие из вас не в курсе того, как часто мужчины думают о Римской империи республике. Спросите своего мужа или парня, или брата — их ответы вас удивят!
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A Legionary's Life is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam.

A Legionary's Life is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 6.99€ on Steam.

A Legionary's Life received 2,063 positive votes out of a total of 2,371 achieving a rating of 8.34.
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A Legionary's Life was developed and published by Alessandro Roberti.

A Legionary's Life is playable and fully supported on Windows.

A Legionary's Life is not playable on MacOS.

A Legionary's Life is not playable on Linux.

A Legionary's Life is a single-player game.

A Legionary's Life does not currently offer any DLC.

A Legionary's Life does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

A Legionary's Life does not support Steam Remote Play.

A Legionary's Life is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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A Legionary's Life
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Alessandro Roberti
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Release 25 Sep 2019
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