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Never Second in Rome is a turn-based historical game with RPG and management elements. You are a Roman centurion in the army of Julius Caesar. You will control both your character and the unit under his command.

Never Second in Rome is a rome, historical and turn-based game developed and published by Alessandro Roberti.
Released on February 18th 2025 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 312 reviews of which 236 were positive and 76 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Never Second in Rome into these genres:

Rome Historical Turn-Based RPG Simulation Turn-Based Combat Text-Based Old School War Narration Management Turn-Based Strategy Turn-Based Tactics Pixel Graphics Lore-Rich Retro Singleplayer Early Access Indie Auto Battler

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
  • Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable GPUs
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

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Aug. 2025
I saw the negative reviews for the game but played the demo and like it. I bought the game and I am looking forward to the update for the rest of the campaign. This game is significantly different from a Legionary's Life since the focus is on the Century and not so much the Centurion. The only mechanic that I really want to see added is the ability to add points to your character creation from your previous play through like Legionary's Life had. Looking forward to the updates.
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May 2025
Certainly scratches that itch A Legionary's Life left, I like some of the design changes like assigning points at the start instead of rolling for them, or the new stances in individual combat Needs more events in between chapters, I keep seeing the same "I will pay you for less work" event every chapter, or the results of it, but the game is still in development and I certainly expect them coming Maps. We need maps to show where we are in the Gaul or around Rhine for some context. History is interesting enough to read but without maps or which tribe I'm fighting in which part of France, I keep glancing over names without reading. Or the troop movements in a battle, which flank fell back, which advanced etc Squares. I'm sure a sizeable people playing this game watched channels like Historia Civilis, videos like The Battle of Alesia. Squares give me joy. The UI has enough place to show some red squares fighting. Also Battle of Alesia was a bit short for how much of an epic feat it was Needs a handheld tutorial century combat... Maybe the mock battle at the start that we make through events. There are more variables here than a frp and it's so convulated. I like the system though it was hard to follow at first few hours. Only cheating and editing my stats could I finally understand how turns or rounds work, or why I never got to attack
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Feb. 2025
I'm not sure I actually recommend this game in it's current state. It's a unique experience for 10$ but it's a serious step down from A Legionary's Life at least in terms of fun. I think I have two main problems The transition away from meta-progression made the gameplay itself much more stale and less diverse, there's a correct way to do things now and it makes this game have almost zero replayability. And with the gameplay suffering, the CYOA mechanics weren't improved at all, they've actually become slightly worst. Most options are still just "Optional harder fight" or "Optional skill check for small benefit" and no longer do the events/fights you take part in change depending on how well you are doing, further harming the replayability. At least just like A Legionary's Life, the strong historic story telling is still there.
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Feb. 2025
I still recommend because its well worth the 10 bucks, but please, add the rogue like elements back, and half the stuff on battles are combats can be ignored, feels like filler...
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Feb. 2025
To be honest, I'm disappointed. No, it's not a bad game; it's actually a pretty cool historical walkthrough with Caesar in Gaul, complete with historical references. However, it’s not a sequel to the previous game at all. The lack of meta-progression makes the game less replayable. Personally, I have no desire to go through all the chapters again, as I managed to complete it on my first attempt without losing any characters or officers. Without meta-progression, the entire game turns into a tedious search for the META build just to tick all the skill checks, like in some visual novel dating simulator (e.g., to get this heroine's route, make sure to level up engineering to 30 by the third day). In other words, the gameplay boils down to noting skill checks and then savescaming adjusting your training to meet those checks. I hope that in the full version, the game will get closer to the spirit of legionary life, With a wider range of possibilities thanks to meta-progression.
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Never Second in Rome is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.

Never Second in Rome is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.75€ on Steam.

Never Second in Rome received 236 positive votes out of a total of 312 achieving a rating of 7.11.
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Never Second in Rome was developed and published by Alessandro Roberti.

Never Second in Rome is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Never Second in Rome is not playable on MacOS.

Never Second in Rome is not playable on Linux.

Never Second in Rome is a single-player game.

Never Second in Rome does not currently offer any DLC.

Never Second in Rome does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Never Second in Rome does not support Steam Remote Play.

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Never Second in Rome
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Release 18 Feb 2025
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