When did CivCity: Rome come out?

CivCity: Rome was released on 24 July 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

CivCity: Rome (2006) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

CivCity: Rome

CivCity: Rome, an innovative city builder, invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom-in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself! Through dozens of…

60 24 July 2006 ESRB E10+

What CivCity: Rome is

CivCity: Rome is a strategy game developed by Firaxis Games and released in 2006. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

CivCity: Rome, an innovative city builder, invites players to shift focus from building a multi-city empire and zoom-in on the great cities of the Roman Empire, culminating in Rome itself! Through dozens of missions, each offering an array of interesting decisions, players will be charged with building, nurturing and managing one of these great cities as they endeavor to lead the Roman Empire from its humble beginnings to its mighty apogee. Features players have enjoyed in the Civilization series, like research, city happiness, production and culture, can now be managed actively in the wonderfully immersive world of CivCity: Rome.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

CivCity: Rome holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What it launched against

CivCity: Rome launched on 24 July 2006, within three weeks of Persona 3, Dead Rising, Prey and Civilization IV: Warlords. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 3, Dead Rising, Prey, Civilization IV: Warlords.

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