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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 12.79€ 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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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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March 2026
I want to recommend the game. I am giving a positive review because I enjoyed the game. But I do feel as if the mythic quality of his first game is somewhat lost in this "not a sequel". In Legionary life you could eventually become a legendary warrior of Rome after a lot of grinding and a lot of trial and error. NSR doesn't seem to have that same quality of, I just achieved the impossible and the game recognized that. Then again I played the game a while ago and I'm only posting a review now because I saw the recent reviews. While I agree this should not be the former game, I feel there are aspects of the former game that should be carried over to achieve the same enjoyment of the game. If my Legion is well trained and able to hold their own, against the enemy, there should be a moment in the game where we're given a flavorful reward for the effort. Otherwise there's no point in over achieving and training my century to be a block of death for Caesar's war efforts. I wanted to wait to see the final chapters before giving this review because I don't know what the developer wants to do with the story and I didn't want to pass judgement until that happened because I am on the fence. But right now I don't think there will be a moment in the game equivalent to breaking the Phalanx at the end of the first game or winning the foot race. Moments like that are what made the first game special. I haven't played Chapters 11-15 yet so I don't know if he adjusted. I'll find out when he posts the last 5 and we'll see if he was able to replicate the magic. I'll reiterate that I don't want a copy of the first game, but I want there to be opportunities to excel and prove I mastered the game.
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Dec. 2025
Very fun game with plenty of potential. It has a little in common with A Legionary's Life, but to just call it a sequel would be inapt. It is its own game in every right. It's really easy to appreciate the developer's attention to detail on the history of the late Roman Republic, which makes roleplay very easy to fall into if that's your play style. As far as mechanics go: formation combat can take a minute to understand, but I really don't think it's that bad of a learning curve. Individual combat is similar to how it is in A Legionary's Life but still distinguishable and very enjoyable, especially the way it is incorporated into formation combat. Was worth my 10 dollars even while in early access. Not a complete game yet, but its future looks very bright.
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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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June 2025
Battles are a bit confusing and needs more work, however this is a great follow up from a legionary's life and I am happy to support early access of this game and am excited to see the finished game!
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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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Never Second in Rome is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam.

Never Second in Rome is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.79€ 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.

Never Second in Rome 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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Never Second in Rome
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Alessandro Roberti
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Release 18 Feb 2025
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