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Caesar 3

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4.5/5

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4.5

317 Reviews

English
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Caesar 3
Description
Hail Governor, your city awaits.  As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome our mission is clear: build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is entirely up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the emperor, battle Bar...
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4.5/5

( 317 Reviews )

4.5

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Product details
1999, Impressions Games, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c...
Time to beat
35 hMain
55 h Main + Sides
82.5 h Completionist
44 h All Styles
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Description

Hail Governor, your city awaits. 

As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome our mission is clear: build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is entirely up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the emperor, battle Barbarians and repel invaders, or concentrate on building the next Eternal City. Fail and you’ll end up as lunch for the lions. Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar! 
 

  • Build, rule and defend on one screen - a truly intuitive, helpful interface lets you jump right in and start building.
  • Citizens give you a glimpse into the life of the common man – talk to them for clues about how to improve your city.
  • Various new structures and challenges arise throughout your Governor’s career, for tremendous depth of play and replayability.

© 1998 Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision is a registered trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

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manual (219 pages) HD wallpaper reference card avatar
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
35 hMain
55 h Main + Sides
82.5 h Completionist
44 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1999-05-30T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
494 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Violence, Mild Animated Violence)

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English
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  1. This game will work on current and future most popular Windows PC configurations. DRM-free.
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What improvements we made to this game:
Changelog (13 November 2024)
  • Applied the IndirectSound emulator to resolve looping sound and music issues
  • Integrated DDrawCompat for improved system stability on modern PCs
  • Fixed issues with windowed mode, ensuring a smoother user experience
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
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Posted on: August 28, 2025

A great classic!

While the graphics are 1998 primitive and it is a simple city building game, I get nostaligic for its simplicity from time to time. Works well and it is easy to self-teach yourself game strategy. But the Caesar Heaven Caesar 3 web site is still up after all these years to help you if you need it!


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Edited on: October 18, 2025

Posted on: October 18, 2025

stadiagamerko

Games: 6 Reviews: 1

If you had technical difficulties, read

As I understand this, GOG is doing all they can to make older games work on new systems. Sometimes this does not work for everybody: Sometimes the game may feel broken, crash or not start at all. Luckily there is a solution! If you have already bought this game, there is no need to ask for a refund. There are Open-Source projects that help Caesar III really shine: For those looking for OG experience, with quality-of-life improvements there is julius. For those wanting to experience what Caesar III could feel like if it was to be developed these days, try augustus. You can obtain them by searching for caesar III julius / augustus online. These two mods use the original game files you've obtained through GOG and make it work nice with your machine. You can even play Caesar in your browser if you want! All the best and enjoy!


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Posted on: October 9, 2010

tessart

Verified owner

Games: 16 Reviews: 2

Lovely.

Easy to undersatand,learn as you go.... I to have spent a lot of time building up the beautiful enviroment Rekommend it// TESS


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Posted on: November 22, 2010

landi.andrea

Verified owner

Games: 133 Reviews: 1

A classical

The hardest city builder of the whole Sierra's series, provides a constant challenge for the player.


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Posted on: September 7, 2011

Fleurexq

Verified owner

Games: 8 Reviews: 1

One of the best

I still like to play this one a lot. Is GOG planning to add also the other Sierra titles, Emperor, Pharaon, Zeus? if so i will buy them for sure


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