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Reception

Citadelum is a great city builder, and it absolutely sings on Switch 2 thanks to the console's mouse controls. After this, console city builders will never be the same again.

A classically-styled city-builder that will test your ability to meticulously place and plan your building layouts, but that may lack the depth or intensity to attract a broader audience

Citadelum is a strategic city building game with a classic Roman setting, in which you as a player develop a settlement into a mighty Roman empire. In addition to in-depth gameplay, the game can certainly be played differently again and again due to the continuously changing gameplay.

Citadelum takes the genre and adds new life to it by weaving divine interaction into the core of city management. Fans of games like Caesar, Pharaoh, and Zeus: Master of Olympus will feel right at home with the classic city-building mechanics. Still, the addition of the gods and the interplay between religious favour and urban expansion sets this game...

Citadelum had immense potential to be an extraordinary game, but only if it had more complexity and variation. Abylight Studios made a decent attempt to engage newcomers to this genre by adding a stylish look to a retro genre, and they might still accomplish that if they keep working on the game's features.