The best Italy games
The land of La Dolce Vita and world-famous cuisine isn’t particularly renowned for its contributions to the world of game development, nor does it often appear as a prominent setting in classic PC games. When the Italian peninsula does make an appearance, the focus is usually on ancient Rome, a choice that makes perfect sense given its rich history and global influence.
However, this narrow scope leaves much of Italy’s diverse culture, landscapes, and modern identity unexplored in gaming. A few exceptions stand out, such as games set in the picturesque city of Venice, with its iconic canals and architecture, or in the world of soccer, where Italy’s passion for the sport shines through. After all, it’s impossible to talk about Italy without mentioning its love for calcio!
However, this narrow scope leaves much of Italy’s diverse culture, landscapes, and modern identity unexplored in gaming. A few exceptions stand out, such as games set in the picturesque city of Venice, with its iconic canals and architecture, or in the world of soccer, where Italy’s passion for the sport shines through. After all, it’s impossible to talk about Italy without mentioning its love for calcio!
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Caesar 3
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protected Impressions Games
Polished to a shine worthy of a senator’s sandals, Caesar 3 finally gets it right. Gorgeous 2D visuals, elegant gameplay, and voiceovers that say “No more workers!” like they’re scolding your ancestors. You...
Caesar 2
DOS1995 Impressions Games
Bigger, bolder, and with more statues of yourself than ever, Caesar 2 builds on its predecessor like Rome after a good tax season. Now you get to manage both cities and provinces, making sure barbarians don’t redecorate your...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
DOS1989protecteddemo LucasArts
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure is a point-and-click adventure game released in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games. The game was designed by Ron Gilbert, David Fox, and Noah Falstein. It is based on the 1989 film "I...
Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS1990 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll b...
Championship Manager Italia
DOS1993 Sports Interactive Limited
La Abadia del Crimen
DOS1987 Opera Soft
La Abadía del Crimen (The Abbey of Crime) is an action-adventure developed in Spain by Paco Menéndez in the mid-1980s. It was initially created for the Amstrad CPC and later ported to other popular home computer syst...
Rome: Pathway to Power
DOS1993 Millennium Interactive
Rome: Pathway to Power (also known as Rome AD 92) is an abandoned isometric adventure game with strategy elements set in ancient Rome. Rome was developed by Millennium Interactive and released in 1993 for DOS and Amiga platforms.
Championship Manager 2: The Italian Leagues Season 96/97
DOS1996 Eidos Interactive
Italy 1990
DOS1990 Tiertex Design Studios
Caesar
DOS1992 Impressions Games
Ever dreamt of running ancient Rome without the toga chafing? Caesar hands you the reins of a budding province and expects you to not burn it to the ground—ideally. This city-builder mixes SimCity with Latin homework. Sure, ...
Murders in Venice
DOS1990 CobraSoft
Tomb Raider II
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protected Core Design
Annals of Rome
DOS1988 Personal Software Services
In Annals of Rome, you don’t just play history — you command it, badly. This 1988 strategy title lets you take control of the Roman Empire and try to keep it from falling apart, which it will, probably because you let ...
Hannibal
DOS1993 Starbyte Software
L'Eternauta: Gli Invasori della Città Eterna
DOS1994 Holodream Software
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