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Caesar 3

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4.5/5

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4.5

317 Reviews

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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...
Genre:
Simulation - Strategy - Managerial
Tags:
Strategy, Simulation, Classic, Management, Historical, show 6 more... Resource Management, Isometric, Retro, Managerial, City builder, Good Old Game
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4.5

317 Reviews

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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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Time to beat
35 hMain
55 h Main + Sides
82.5 h Completionist
44 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Simulation - Strategy - Managerial
Tags:
Strategy, Simulation, Classic, Management, Historical, show 6 more... Resource Management, Isometric, Retro, Managerial, City builder, Good Old Game
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1999-05-30T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Impressions Games / Activision
Size:
494 MB
Links:
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Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Violence, Mild Animated Violence)
Game features
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
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What improvements we made to this game:
Changelog (13 November 2024)
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User reviews

Posted on: February 9, 2017

eksasol

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 7

addictive

I can't play this game because if I sit down and starts, 6 to 8 hours will pass. Maybe one day when time and money isn't a problem anymore I can play it again.

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Posted on: October 10, 2017

FruitPie

Verified owner

Games: 551 Reviews: 9

Very good!

The one and only Rome city-builder, as far as I'm concerned. It looks pretty, sounds great and plays fantastic.

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Posted on: October 18, 2018

zloygrinder

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Games: 309 Reviews: 6

This is just like I remember it

I played this game back in school. This was my best experience in town building game, I ever have. Now the game it is still hold up very tight. I recommend it to all who want to become a Caesar himself for a while.

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Posted on: March 23, 2023

Bacharoth

Verified owner

Games: 45 Reviews: 5

Best City Builder

One of the best City Builders i ever played. I still play it from time to time with HD patch. Even my wife loves it.

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Posted on: May 12, 2025

mclooney

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Games: 74 Reviews: 3

missing dll

MSVCR100.DLL missing I want my money back

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