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Is Rome: Total War™ - Alexander multiplayer or co-op?

Yes — online multiplayer. Rome: Total War™ - Alexander is a real-time strategy game released in 2007, 76% positive on Steam (868 reviews), with 18 playing right now. price varies on Steam.

Online multiplayerSingle-player tooStrategy · Real-time strategy

Rome: Total War - Alexander is the second official expansion pack to Rome: Total War. An entirely new campaign map that stretches from Macedonia to Greece and…

How Rome: Total War™ - Alexander plays with friends, according to Steam

Online co-op
Not listed on Steam
Local / split-screen co-op
Not listed on Steam
Online PvP
Not listed on Steam
LAN play
Not listed on Steam
Single-player mode
Yes

Steam's own category list for the game, as of 2026-09-09. "Not listed" means the store page does not claim that mode; community mods or Remote Play can still add it.

Steam tags: Strategy, RTS, Historical, Grand Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Rome, Turn-Based, Multiplayer

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Quick answers

Is Rome: Total War™ - Alexander co-op?
Rome: Total War™ - Alexander does not list co-op on Steam; it has Online multiplayer, Single-player too.
Does Rome: Total War™ - Alexander have PvP?
Steam does not list PvP for Rome: Total War™ - Alexander.
Do we both need to own Rome: Total War™ - Alexander to play together?
Yes. Rome: Total War™ - Alexander is played online, so each player needs their own copy on their own Steam account (or PC Game Pass where it is offered). Steam Families can share a library, but two people cannot play the same shared game at the same time.
How many people play Rome: Total War™ - Alexander?
About 18 players were in-game when this page's data was last refreshed (2026-09-09).

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