Populus Romanus FREE
Free GameAbout Populus Romanus FREE
A turn based strategy war game where you lead Roman legions in their conquest of the Italian peninsula. Play various scenarios of the conflicts fought by the Roman Republic; Be the dictator for the Roman civilization at the ancient age when it was yet to become the largest empire in the world.
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* 14 scenarios (2 in FREE version) of varying size and difficulty, ranging from the initial conquests of neighbouring kingdoms by Roman city-state, to the First Punic War
* Single player and Local Multiplayer (players sharing same device) game modes (online multiplayer not supported)
* Freely zoomable and pannable hex based map, with multitouch gesture support
* Hex and counter style of play, like many table-top TBS board games
* Autosaving: Progress is automatically saved at end of each turn, or when you switch away from the game; No risk of losing game progress because of forgetting to save
* Designed to be playable also on lower-spec Android phones and tablets; on the other hand, users with more capable devices have an enhanced frame rate and smoother experience
* In-game help guide
* Supports natively all screen resolutions from the smallest phones in your pocket to the largest HD tablets
* OpenGL ES hardware accelerated graphics engine
The basic gameplay style of this game was inspired by many earlier hexagon based "oldskool" or retro PC strategy games like Fantasy General, Panzer General and Battle for Wesnoth as well as some of the more recent titles, such as Uniwar on mobile devices ... with a little bit of Civilization / Freeciv spirit mixed in. However, the backdrop of the game is set in the ancient Rome, and the game attempts to follow faithfully the known course of the events to the extent that is known to the modern historywriting (some liberties have been taken in interpreting the details to make the game more entertaining). The game has some minor RPG like elements such as unit leveling (success in combat leads first to veteran, then to elite status, giving stats improvements), but at its heart it is first and foremost a pure strategy game.
Nearly two millennia before the era of medieval knights and castles of the European middle ages, the first ancient settlers of the Roman tribe founded the city of Rome. As the legends customarily tell, the twin brothers and townsmen Romulus and Remus were the original founders, with Romulus eventually becoming the first king of Rome. From its humble beginnings first as a small village, and then a local kingdom, its destiny was to become a great empire encompassing all coasts of the Mediterranean sea and even beyond. For centuries, his royal majesty the Emperor of Rome was undoubtedly the most highborn ruler on the Earth, wielding total authority over a large portion of the humankind, until barbarian hordes and many years of revolution brought the fallen empire to its end.
The game begins in the very first years of the Roman saga; You, the player, will lead the Roman army, legion after legion, from a battle to another in the name of the Roman Empire against the mighty warlords of the neighbouring realms. Assault the Etruscans on river Tiber, stop the madness of Samnite invasion in Campania, conquer South Italy, drive Carthaginians out from the isle of Sicily, and much more ... May the god of war Mars spare you from the fury and vengeance of your enemies in the battlefield!
While the main campaign of the game deals with the Roman Republic expansion wars, the second campaign is played as commander Hannibal of Carthage, one of the greatest military commanders to ever live, whose brief advance against Rome brought him all the way from North Africa almost to the gates of Rome before the Romans got their defense lines established. This revival of warfare between Carthage and Rome came to be known as the Second Punic War in history.
*** If you encounter a bug, please get in touch with us by email, so that we can fix the problem! Same thing with refunds: Just mail us. ***
* 14 scenarios (2 in FREE version) of varying size and difficulty, ranging from the initial conquests of neighbouring kingdoms by Roman city-state, to the First Punic War
* Single player and Local Multiplayer (players sharing same device) game modes (online multiplayer not supported)
* Freely zoomable and pannable hex based map, with multitouch gesture support
* Hex and counter style of play, like many table-top TBS board games
* Autosaving: Progress is automatically saved at end of each turn, or when you switch away from the game; No risk of losing game progress because of forgetting to save
* Designed to be playable also on lower-spec Android phones and tablets; on the other hand, users with more capable devices have an enhanced frame rate and smoother experience
* In-game help guide
* Supports natively all screen resolutions from the smallest phones in your pocket to the largest HD tablets
* OpenGL ES hardware accelerated graphics engine
The basic gameplay style of this game was inspired by many earlier hexagon based "oldskool" or retro PC strategy games like Fantasy General, Panzer General and Battle for Wesnoth as well as some of the more recent titles, such as Uniwar on mobile devices ... with a little bit of Civilization / Freeciv spirit mixed in. However, the backdrop of the game is set in the ancient Rome, and the game attempts to follow faithfully the known course of the events to the extent that is known to the modern historywriting (some liberties have been taken in interpreting the details to make the game more entertaining). The game has some minor RPG like elements such as unit leveling (success in combat leads first to veteran, then to elite status, giving stats improvements), but at its heart it is first and foremost a pure strategy game.
Nearly two millennia before the era of medieval knights and castles of the European middle ages, the first ancient settlers of the Roman tribe founded the city of Rome. As the legends customarily tell, the twin brothers and townsmen Romulus and Remus were the original founders, with Romulus eventually becoming the first king of Rome. From its humble beginnings first as a small village, and then a local kingdom, its destiny was to become a great empire encompassing all coasts of the Mediterranean sea and even beyond. For centuries, his royal majesty the Emperor of Rome was undoubtedly the most highborn ruler on the Earth, wielding total authority over a large portion of the humankind, until barbarian hordes and many years of revolution brought the fallen empire to its end.
The game begins in the very first years of the Roman saga; You, the player, will lead the Roman army, legion after legion, from a battle to another in the name of the Roman Empire against the mighty warlords of the neighbouring realms. Assault the Etruscans on river Tiber, stop the madness of Samnite invasion in Campania, conquer South Italy, drive Carthaginians out from the isle of Sicily, and much more ... May the god of war Mars spare you from the fury and vengeance of your enemies in the battlefield!
While the main campaign of the game deals with the Roman Republic expansion wars, the second campaign is played as commander Hannibal of Carthage, one of the greatest military commanders to ever live, whose brief advance against Rome brought him all the way from North Africa almost to the gates of Rome before the Romans got their defense lines established. This revival of warfare between Carthage and Rome came to be known as the Second Punic War in history.
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Game History & Updates
What's Changed
v1.4.4:
- Added larger game font for high-resolution (xhdpi) devices
v1.4.1:
- Scenarios now have easy/normal/hard difficulty variants
v1.4.4:
- Added larger game font for high-resolution (xhdpi) devices
v1.4.1:
- Scenarios now have easy/normal/hard difficulty variants
More downloads Populus Romanus FREE reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Version update Populus Romanus FREE was updated to version 1.4.4
What are users saying about Populus Romanus FREE
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Good enough as a diversion. I suspect my problems had more to do with a lack of skill. The one major issue I had with the game was the poor labeling. It's not immediately clear what the numbers next to a unit mean, and when two identical units face off, the game tells you one won but not which side.
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One of the best strategy game I played. If I continue to enjoy the experience, I would most definitely buy the full game. No annoying ads or buy gold scheme. Great strategy game. I would love to see an Eastern Roman themed version during Belisarius' conquest or viking invasion. I regained my hopes for mobile game after seeing this. Thank you.
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Is there a naval aspect? My purchase of the full version hinges on this; it'd be a shame to disregard what is a huge aspect of the first Punic War
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The ai is horrible can't even beat on easy it just spams skirmish and rofl stomps my army...
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Easy to learn and use. Challenging enough to provide fun.
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Boring
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great game but would be better with peasants like farmers and miners to produce money to make units
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Kinda cool but sourisly and you have to buy a bunch of levels
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good
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Its so awesome I have the second one as well and it is great. Just addicting. I just hope later that theyll update the free versions so that just even a little bit more stuff and stages are availible.
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Just make it as compact as you can
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Simple but fun.
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Awesome. A little expensive, would love another free map
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i cant download itU
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Strategy and patience.
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Instructions....
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I really enjoyed playing this demo game and will buy the full version. Has some aspects in common with the strategic (map overview) of Total War: Rome, though of course all the battles are automatically resolved in this game.
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This game tops my list of most adictive android games. No bugs, no screen freezes, just pure gameplay pleasure.
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A compelling war game, with elements of Civilization (cities but no civics to manage) and Risk (managing your power but greater diversity of troop type). Recommended
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Like it but how do we buy full game?
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Game best....
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Computer just keeps throwing wave after wave of troops. You can replenish troops to keep up.
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Especially it looks low budget because you have only 1 sprite for every grass tile. Needs proper tutorial. I didn't like the randomness. Better if units just had large HP pools and fixed damage per turn. Has potential but at the moment it's not yet on a level of a good freeware game, say nothing about a paid one.
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Nice game and decent implementation. Get a better unit diversity and economic system and it'll be a winner. Till then, it's a bit expensive. Worth a shot though
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I don't think they solved that problem about the other side winning... like 12 attacks with chances of success over 75 % and all of them fail spectaculary...and almost all their attacks win....until this problem is solved I ain't playing... besides that good game...but you need to improve the grafic and add a strategy or control over the towns and their economy...such as buildings to built taxes to change etc...
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Needs a tutorial!
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Ahgel
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Seems that every time I kill an enemy unit another one appears. Not balanced at all. I simply run out of units because I am facing an inexhaustible supply of enemies. And they always have an advantage because they appear in the worst possible place. I cannot recommend this to anyone and have uninstalled it as unplayable
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Its so awesome I have the second one as well and it is great. Just addicting. I just hope later that theyll update the free versions so that just even a little bit more stuff and stages are availible.
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Very intresting
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Hey Dev, I had the full version of this on my phone a couple of years ago, but it's not showing up for my tablet. What gives?? EDIT: ..and what happened to the user submitted campaigns??
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The ai needs work, even 15/1 loses a battle? Uninstalled
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It would be good if you could make barry eat some eggs at the breakfast table
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Fun gameplay with a good balance between being approachable and fun. Figuring out how to use elephants and longbowmen together got me hooked enough to buy the full version.
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All I can say is great game for strategists.
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But the full version should be more and the free version should be more temptin Great game Add miners and farmers
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Finally an app that spent need any permission crap! And as a bonus, the game is actually fun and easy to use
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Loved it. Amazing, keep up the good work.
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Needs better grapics, and mabye more units
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Needs better grapics, and mabye more units