Citadelum

Citadelum

Released Oct 2024

Citadelum is a city builder set in legendary Ancient Rome. Build your own settlement, gather resources and evolve it into a magnificent city. Explore the world, trade and lead your mighty legions in epic tactical battles. Earn the favor of the Gods or challenge them, if you dare.

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Evaluation

Citadelum launched on October 17, 2024 and has been actively developed since. The studio shipped four named campaign DLCs: Campaign II: The Last Conqueror of Britannia (December 17, 2024), Campaign III: The Lost Eagles of Germania (February 28, 2025), Campaign IV: The Gallic Wars (May 9, 2025), and Campaign V: The Third Punic War (November 6, 2025). Alongside these, a major free gameplay overhaul — Update 2.0 "Julius" — shipped on April 11, 2025, adding new resources, production chains, diplomacy systems, legal trials, World Wonders, and more. The developer's own communications consistently point to continuing work. In the Campaign V release post on November 6, 2025, the team stated they are "already hard at work on upcoming DLCs, improvements, and new features." A December 12, 2025 post reaffirmed they are "still actively working on improving our beloved title." The most recent developer communication, dated January 23, 2026, announced Steam Deck Verification and additional interface improvements, confirming the team remains engaged. The campaign DLC cadence — roughly every 2–3 months from December 2024 through November 2025 — is well established across four releases. As of today, September 24, 2026, the last major content release was on November 6, 2025 — approximately 10.5 months ago. This exceeds the tightest historical interval of about 2–3 months, and the last developer communication of any kind was January 23, 2026, now roughly 8 months ago. That silence is approaching the threshold where concern would be warranted, but given the developer's explicit and repeated statements that further DLCs and improvements are coming — most recently in November and December 2025 — and the fact that no announcement of a concluded content series has been made, the current gap more plausibly reflects development time on new content than a wind-down. The developer has never indicated the campaign series is finished. No final update notice or end-of-content statement has been issued.
Evidence
Developer reaffirms they are 'still actively working on improving our beloved title' and describes the campaign DLCs as completing their 'vision of ancient Roman history'
news post · Dec 12, 2025 source development ongoing
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Campaign V: The Third Punic War released; developer states they are 'already hard at work on upcoming DLCs, improvements, and new features'
news post · Nov 6, 2025 source content planned
high

Content

5 of 5 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
Abylight Studios
Achievements
25
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Defy the Gods of the Pantheon or follow their will. Become the master of oh so many lives and destiny of so few in this twist to the genre face to face with the old deities.

Build your settlement. Gather and refine resources from forests and quarries, breed animals, grow vegetables, fish and make wine, so you can keep your population healthy and fed. Improve your buildings and ensure water supply with aqueducts. Welcome citizens to your village as artisans, farmers, carpenters... or train them to join your legions in different units. Towers and walls will protect your village from barbarian attacks, while it grows into a magnificent city.

Expand. Explore the world map, free villages under siege and experience the power of the most advanced armies of the era: the legion, engaging in tactical auto-battle combat. Once the territory is secured, you can set trade routes, import exotic resources and scale up your economy. Send out your explorers to find a collection of mythological objects that will help you in your expansion and complete missions for the Senate.

Honour. Rise to the pantheon and gain the favor of the gods. Build temples, make offerings so they will grant you gifts. But beware, because gods behave in a capricious and ruthless manner; worship one of them and you may suffer the wrath of another. Interaction with deities allows a non linear, replayable narrative, full of mythical encounters. Prepare to be amazed when they come down to earth and help you, or tremble with fear if they punish your people.

City Building, evolved. Citadelum presents a unique three layered gameplay, based in city building core mechanics, strategic expansion and commerce, and the role of the gods. You will find different missions, artifacts and challenges in every playthrough.

Last evaluated Sep 24, 2026
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