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Britannia
Developer Avalon Digital
Relive over a thousand years of Great Britain's history in this epic game of conquest and domination. From Roman legions to the Norman Conquest led by William the Conqueror, explore the fate of numerous nations and fight to become king. From the Steam store page
154 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
48 positive · 20 negative
95% range 59–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 12 | 4 | 65 |
| Steam reviews | 48 | 20 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
50 of 71 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
71% recommend · 48 yes, 20 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 68 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (78 of 106 positive).
Players praise the faithful adaptation of the classic board game, with many noting its ease of learning and strategic depth. [1][2][3] Several reviewers report that the AI is weak and often makes poor decisions, reducing the challenge. [1][4][5] Many players express frustration with persistent bugs, especially in multiplayer, which they say is broken. [6][7][8]
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- [5]
Britannia is one of my favorite board games, and I'm happy to see it on Steam. Up to now the game runs well, but there are still some bugs. However, the main problem is that the AI is too terrible. TOO TERRIBLE. It's clear that the AI designer wants Blue to win every game. And actually, I have started many games with 4 AIs playing, and Blue wins 100% of those games. Romans never eliminate Belgaes. In over 95% games …
- [1]
This is a great adaptation of the board game. Very playable and enjoyable even in early access. Pros: - Learn history through reading about the 17 factions in the game. - Easy to learn yet strategic enough to reward good planning - Runs great and has good tool tips and interface - AI isn't outstanding but is decent - Great for singleplayer - Access to a great board game design at a much cheaper price than a physical …
- [6]
EDIT April 2025 Feel compelled to add a warning to this review. Having tried multiplayer, the main format most people would buy the game for, many times now, it still suffers from constant bugs, so much so that it's extremely rare for whatever group I'm with to get through a game. It crashes, someone is booted, and it's not possible to recommence. Very frustrating to end a game an hour in. If the developers were …
- [4]
One of my favorite games and very addictive to play on Steam now. Very good implementation. No bugs or rules issued I can find. If you try to undo, sometimes it won't work, like undoing a retreat sometimes will not let you retreat again. Works well solo against 3 bots, pass and play with 0-2 bots, and multiplayer solo. The AI does not offer any real challenge, makes some bad choices and definitely can't work …
- [2]
I played the Avalon Hill board game version of this over 35 years ago and still have it. This is a very faithful adaption of the board game, though of a slightly later version (more Leaders, yellow vs. purple faction, Saxon burghs). I've played through the full 16 turn game and really enjoyed it. It's great that each faction has multiple nations/groups- really keeps you engaged in the game as you go through the …
Summarised from 34 of the 143 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Britannia sits at 71% positive across 68 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 154 · most liked firstTongues of lightning lash the sky as the Avatar is called back to Britannia once more... One of my favourite pieces of DOS game music, especially via the MT-32. 📺: Ultima VI: The False Prophet, Origin Systems, 1990
positive · AI labelView post →"Avatar! That is a sweet widescreen TV! Enjoy watching pole-dancing zebra centaurs while Britannia burns. No wait, we handwaved the events of the last game away. But anyway, let me explain what a paladin is..." 📺: Ultima IX: Ascension, Origin Systems, 1999.
neutral · AI labelView post →📖 Bytes of Game Ads 📺 “Avatar, you're not in Britannia anymore!” A Majuular-coded Byte, as I've been steadily watching chunks of his latest Ultima vid this week and finished it this morning. Remarkably ill-conceived entry in the story of Ultima, one that left all kinds of wreckage in its path.
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing the Britannia board for Concordia this evening. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm playing with an idea for something non-genre set mid-1990s, which led me to listening to some playlists from the period, but if I'm going to have to listen to some of this shit for detail, fuck this for a game of soldiers. It nearly killed me with Rue Britannia, and I was a stronger man then.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a great adaptation of the board game. Very playable and enjoyable even in early access. Pros: - Learn history through reading about the 17 factions in the game. - Easy to learn yet strategic enough to reward good planning - Runs great and has good tool tips and interface - AI isn't outstanding but is decent - Great for singleplayer - Access to a great board game design at a much cheaper price than a physical copy -Aesthetic and art style feel great for the setting -You can do split…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay, I hate to do this, but this game was absolutely not for me in its current form and even at an Early Access reduced price, it was a waste of money. Why? Well, let me start by saying are some things I do like - map based, historical, turn based strategy all gets a thumbs-up from me. It covers forces that clashed in Britain from the Roman invasion to the coming of the Normans, with several factions based on the historical nations during that period. This appeal to me and it seemed exactly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"If you're poor, you can sweat": One building's air conditioning divide. > Unbeknownst to her, air conditioning in the 19-storey Britannia Point tower block in south west London had been “switched off” on a flat-by-flat basis – but only for residents who were being housed there in publicly funded temporary accommodation. Residents say the heat in the affected flats sent children to hospital, with one woman telling us her two-year-old son collapsed.
neutral · AI labelView post →"I Was Determined To Breathe As Much Life Into The Population Of Britannia As Possible" - The Ultima VII Team On Making The Epic RPG.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today’s game: Rebellion: Britannia, a prototype in development with GMT (all art temporary). Close finish. Bungled last 2 turns by the Romans (me) might have ended things differently. A lot of settlements were burnt down today (Rome had to rebuild almost everything.)
neutral · AI labelView post →I played the Avalon Hill board game version of this over 35 years ago and still have it. This is a very faithful adaption of the board game, though of a slightly later version (more Leaders, yellow vs. purple faction, Saxon burghs). I've played through the full 16 turn game and really enjoyed it. It's great that each faction has multiple nations/groups- really keeps you engaged in the game as you go through the different eras. Very interesting simulation of 1,000 years of the history of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yesterday’s game - Rebellion: Britannia, at Circle DC:
neutral · AI labelView post →Today’s set up - for tomorrow. Rebellion: Britannia prototype. 1-4 player game in first century Roman Britain.
neutral · AI labelView post →I believe games are art. And as such they need to be reviewed, examined, questioned, essayed etc. To me, this is one of the main reasons I visit the humble bundle and story bundle websites. Because they tend to offer game writing I wouldn't be able to find on my own. And so, Braving Britannia 📚
neutral · AI labelView post →Britannia is one of my favorite board games, and I'm happy to see it on Steam. Up to now the game runs well, but there are still some bugs. However, the main problem is that the AI is too terrible. TOO TERRIBLE. It's clear that the AI designer wants Blue to win every game. And actually, I have started many games with 4 AIs playing, and Blue wins 100% of those games. Romans never eliminate Belgaes. In over 95% games Romans never attack Downlands (in the other 5% they attack Downlands only…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EDIT April 2025 Feel compelled to add a warning to this review. Having tried multiplayer, the main format most people would buy the game for, many times now, it still suffers from constant bugs, so much so that it's extremely rare for whatever group I'm with to get through a game. It crashes, someone is booted, and it's not possible to recommence. Very frustrating to end a game an hour in. If the developers were working on it this wouldn't be so bad. But they have gone quiet for many months…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →90) Britannia. Excellent game of successive invasions of Britain, where each player takes on different waves of conquerors over time, from the Romans to the Normans. Extremely tightly balanced between the four 'color' factions and has a great dynamic as conquerors change to defenders.
positive · AI labelView post →still playing the same save from my CK3 black death review because...it accidentally turned into my best CK3 game ever? (I'm Britannia)
neutral · AI labelView post →Did I choose to play Britannia (the board game) for my birthday with my family? Yes. Does the player who takes the Romans usually have the high score after the 1st 4 rounds (which is what you can get thru in 2 hrs)? Yes. Did they let me play the Romans so I could at least be ahead tonight? Yes.
positive · AI labelView post →*Blascona* is what Adam of Bremen names the *civitas* of 11th-cent. Orkney bishops. In my Malcolm book it is suggested that early episcopal organisation in Orkney survived the 'Viking Age'. Also, while doing this research I managed to get Blascona included in the computer game Thrones of Britannia.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today’s game: playtesting Rebellion: Britannia, in development with @gmtgames.bsky.social The might of Rome is humbled by the successful raids of the Silures and the devastating pillaging of the Iceni, and two legions were destroyed.
neutral · AI labelView post →*** UPDATE *** I'm sorry to say while all of the original review below holds true, I can't recommend it anymore. As single player practice platform it's still fine. The AI is still woefully poor at the game, but for trying out strategies before a 'real' game it's fine. Unfortunately the multiplayer feature is entirely broken and unplayable. I don't mean "glitchy", I could forgive "glitchy". The bugs I'm talking about are victorious units literally disappearing from an area after a battle and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sometimes game audio looks like this: a blanket and a microphone🎙️🧣 Had to improvise a bit while working on voiceovers for our current game "Blood, Britannia!" Not very fancy, but the final version sounds much better that way, and that’s what matters! #GameAudio #GameDev #IndieDev #BloodBritannia
neutral · AI labelView post →Still working on the campaign website updates, but we had a great game in our Britannia campaign the other night. Roman assault on a Briton hill fort. It did not go well for the Romans.
neutral · AI labelView post →My man is getting ahead of the game by doing his first reset before even taking office. 8D chess. This is the leadership Britannia needs 🏆.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah, I mean a core problem with Thrones of Britannia is that they picked a place and time period where everyone basically had the same guys and for whatever reason the playerbase will only tolerate that if the game is set in Japan.
negative · AI labelView post →Playing Concordia (a favorite) this afternoon using the Britannia map board. #boardgames
neutral · AI labelView post →Today’s delivery - updated print run for Rebellion: Britannia (1-4 player game set in first century post-invasion Roman Britain). Ready for some more playtests…
neutral · AI labelView post →This was always my main concern with the idea of a Total Warhammer 40k game. You can't manage the scope of the universe. Not in any meaningful way. So you cut it down to a 'Saga' game, like Thrones of Britannia, where you won't sell as many Marine DLCs... or you water down the universe.
neutral · AI labelView post →Black Bag is a winning combination of style and game playing reminiscent of John le Carré. A contemporary homage to ‘Cool Britannia’ (1960s version and the 90s version). Blanchett and Fassbender are fantastic. Soderbergh has a lot of juice left in his genre tank. awfj.org/blog/2025/03...
neutral · AI labelView post →disappointed that I waited 2 years for multiplayer to be added, scheduled a game with my 3 friends for my birthday, and then gamebreaking multiplayer bugs ruined the experience. for one of my favorite games, I wish multiplayer got better treatment. multiplayer also doesnt have asynchronous play- but dont bother, since current bugs are broken. will update if this ever gets fixed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Time to rip the shrinkwrap & make my first post here. I did a gameplay video for the card game Rule the Waves Britannia! from designer Matt Haywood, published by Catastrophe Games: youtu.be/b0z-DA86x_4
neutral · AI labelView post →This is evident right away with the Avatar starting back on Earth for the game's tutorial, taking a virtue quiz to determine his starting stats. Despite the previous game end with him back in a conquered Britannia and the virtues being downplayed since Ultima VII.
neutral · AI labelView post →✨ Starwind Special Stream ✨ Two More TCG Boxes Obtained~ We've got a FULL SET of Gundam Card Game Boxes along with all 12 Mini's to be put together tonight! Warhammer Weekender to Enjoy too~ Starts 20:30 Britannia | 14:30 US Central www.twitch.tv/vithegunplaf... #GundamTCG #Gunpla #Warhammer
neutral · AI labelView post →Today’s arrival: revised cards for Rebellion: Britannia for GMT Games - planning on showing this at Circle DC at the end of the month.
neutral · AI labelView post →The save file for my CK3 ironman game in which I had just united Britannia under the Welsh crown - it's borked! please,
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah I was the same at Ibrox. Not been to a game in over a decade now. Wouldn't take my kids as it's pretty brutal. And cannot/will not sing Rule Britannia or GSTK. So very much an armchair fan now
neutral · AI labelView post →except for few minor bugs and extremly dumb AI, its great, you can invite your friends over and instead playing board game, you can all sit in front of one PC and play together. Didnt work for me btw, mostly laughing at AI making the lamest choices ever
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has issues both with the game idea and the programme bugs. The game is an odd mix of historical campaigning and a board game but doesn’t do either well. The campaigning part is not real and the game tries to follow too many rules according to history. Unfortunately, the player (in this case, I) just wanted to win. Bring in the bugs and it gets comical. I played the game two times and had problems both times. To give an idea of how things deviate the first time I played it (as…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very easy to pick up if you know the board game, even if you aren't used to playing computer games, and automates all the bean counting, allowing the player to focus on strategy. Highly recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really enjoying and easy to play. Game prompts for the builds and movements so playing moves along at a steady clip. Devs - any insight on when you expect multi player to be available?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shirtless Stream! I promise we'll actually finish this game today. After sorting out my memory, it's time to beat the crap out of an evil wizard, rescue the princess, and save Britannia from a demon. Come watch an Orc play video games! twitch.tv/ugblut_the_orc
neutral · AI labelView post →⚡️ A reminder that tomorrow arcc will get NEW STUFF to mark its 1st anniversary, including strategy game Nova Britannia Make sure you log in, doubt you’ve got anything better to do...
neutral · AI labelView post →Really good game, good representation of the board game, I used to really like it and played it a lot. Sadly now unplayable due to being full of bugs, everything keeps disappearing, re-installing hasn't solved it. So I cannot recommend.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Map cannot be seen. As you hover over it...it does not appear. All you see is the name of the area. Unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's pretty much Britannia, a classic and my personal favourite. As a computerized board game. Probably not the thing for people who haven't played the board game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a copy from when it was a kickstarter! Also, embarrassingly, I think I have three different versions of Britannia. But then it's arguably the board game of my PhD thesis. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britann...
neutral · AI labelView post →Billiard table upsized game of Alliance (Columbia Games) yesterday up on the North Shore. Britannia ruled land and sea in the end. #wargames
neutral · AI labelView post →The units disappear after the Romans' first turn.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Obligatory "I don't review a lot of games" (but I really don't)... anyway, I sat down and started playing this on a Saturday and didn't stop until I had finished the game 7 hours later -- mind you I would've kept playing, but the centuries of frenetic warfare had run their course, with many honorable warriors having met their end, one way or another, skewered on some soggy field or crowned in Valhalla, plus many other fates between. Really, I can't say enough good things about this gem of a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like the board game [or maybe you've never played it], you will love this implementation. It plays the same certainly makes things easier. I definitely recommend it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LOCO-SORT 2 Rule Britannia! Britannia Rules the Rails! Get ready for a special announcement about the beginning of a new game in the near future! Until then, please: KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON #videogame #newgame #puzzle #trains #uk #locosort
neutral · AI labelView post →I leave you with one of the tracks from Ultima IX that has stuck with me to this day. The game is a mess, but isn't life? We muddle through as best we can, just as the Avatar did when trying to save Britannia from peril, all while being a beacon of hope. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cewE...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is 40 years old today and it first came out for the Apple II. "Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar is a 1985 role-playing video game where the player becomes the Avatar to embody the eight virtues of Britannia, leading to the retrieval of the Codex of Infinite Wisdom from the Stygian Abyss." —wiki
neutral · AI labelView post →Unplayable. Tons of UI bugs and soft crashes. Regions and units unmovable with no feedback explanation, making it very difficult to tell the difference between "you can't move there" and "a bug has crashed the game" Autosave happens AFTER progressing to a new phase, so the lack of Undo action means one stray click can ruin an entire game. No quickload or load game from the quickmenu means you must return to the main menu every time you want to reload, which will be often because the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Richard Garriot delivered in 1985 one of his most emblematic RPG, Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, where we do not seek to defeat an incarnation of evil, but to become a model of virtue in the world of Britannia. The game presented moral dilemmas, in order to provoke emotional responses from players.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fine, fine, I'll join your little group and play your little game ... to find out what you are doing to my beloved Britannia! More plot exploration of #Ultima VII for some #DOScember fun! Going live in a few: 12:00pm EST! twitch.tv/ladyailuros
neutral · AI labelView post →UPDATE: The game is working fine again. I've played several campaigns as each of the four teams and there are no issues. If you're a fan of the board game, you should really pick up this game. It took a good long time, but the game is back to being my regular time sink . AI is still a little frustrating, but the game is back to the same level of functionality as in Early Access, but now with multiplayer. ORIGINAL REVIEW (Not recommended): My favorite board game come to life for the PC.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played only 40 minutes but it really feels like a boardgame, i love it so far. All the rules are explained very well an the sound and music are fitting well. Nice job so far, looking forrward to more dlc's ;-)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All my latest most rare achievements are all from Megabonk, which IMO don't really count. They are easy to get if you just play long enough. My rarest for a very long time was this one with something like 0.3%, but it has apparently since gone way up. It used to have one of those gold borders around it indicating it was very rare. I got this on my second round that I played and then quit pretty much right after that. Not a very good game, unfortunately.…
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