A closer look
Blood of Rome is a single-player, Roman-themed survivors-like in which every level-up adds another soldier to your army. Developed and published by Pixelatus, it combines horde survival with army building, troop upgrades, and a campaign about conquest, betrayal, and revenge. A free demo is available now.
The main idea is to turn character progression into an expanding army. Each time you level up, you recruit one soldier and choose their class. You can keep adding troops from classes you already use or introduce different ones to change your army’s composition.
Treasure chests provide another progression choice: upgrade every soldier belonging to a selected class, or strengthen your general. This creates a decision between investing in your troops and increasing your own character’s power.
The planned campaign has three acts:
I — Conquest Lead Roman forces through Egypt, Gaul, and Greece.
II — Betrayal Lose your command and fight as a gladiator in the Colosseum.
III — Rebellion Escape, gather a rebel army, and return to Rome for revenge.
The demo mainly covers Gaul and Egypt in Act I. Pixelatus says Greece may be added in a future demo update; that addition is a possibility rather than a confirmed commitment.
An additional sandbox mode is advertised alongside the campaign, with Romans, Egyptians, Greeks, and Gauls available to lead. It focuses on experimenting with recruitment, upgrades, and army combinations against enemy hordes.
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