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Qvadriga
Developer Turnopia
Qvadriga is a chariot racing video game set in Ancient Rome. The game is turn-based and played from a top-down perspective. Players assume the role of a chariot team owner, managing a stable of drivers (aurigae) and horses (quadrigae) between races, and issuing orders to the drivers during the race. Players begin competing in provincial circuits, with the aim to amass the fame and denarii required to race at, and… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
187 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Lemmy, Bluesky) · newest Sep 19, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
86
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159 positive · 26 negative
95% range 80–90%
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Very Positive
371 of 437 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 187 · most liked firstYeah it's overpriced (I got this on sale for next to nothing), but the game is highly enjoyable and, in my opinion, a good way to spend an hour or two relaxing. If you enjoy anything to do with Ancient Romans/ancient history then this game is even better. You start with three Aurigas (charioteers), their horses and chariots. Depending on what faction you choose to race under, their starting statistics such as speed or strength vary - the Roman Army have strong chariots and horses but are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Strategy game in which you drive your chariot like a boss. There'n no action whatsoever as you only choose faction and your next move during the race. Available tactics are throttle up your horse's engine power, smash your opponents, regain better control during curvatures or simply change lanes. For strategy game it's very mediocre. Not recommended, wait for better game with chariots.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR SUMMARY One of the most enjoyable strategy race games in many years. The worst part is the non-sensical pricing strategy of the publisher ($19.99 on PC, $9.99 on Android, $4.99 on iOS - all for the same game). Put it on your wishlist and wait for the price to hit $9.99 or less on Steam. Most negatives about this game center on the price, not the game itself. This is mispriced gem. DETAILED REVIEW This game was so enjoyable, I spent dozens of hours experimenting with factions, upgrading…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Comfortably the best turn-based chariot racing game on steam, Qvadriga offers deceptive depth inside and out of the races themselves with frequent decisions to be made that impact your immediate and longer term success. A simple game that will get its hooks into you enough that you'll wish it had just a little bit more around results, standings and statistics that would elevate this from surprisingly good to excellent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pretty simple game, you have up to four chariots, charioteers and groups of horses each, and your goal is to conquer the whole ancient world of charioteering. During the race you pick from many different moves that will make you shift your lane, attack your opponents, accelerate, slow down, or just hold your reins a bit more firmly. What may seem a rather simple idea, shines because of how it is done. There are MANY different race tracks in several of the main regions of the Roman Empire -…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That's a great mobile or office game, one of the very best of them, but sadly it totally lacks any endgame content or storyline, or characters so it's not the best choice for PC gaming, still I've had enough of fun with it to recommend it to every turn-based strategy fan at least to try it out. Good realistic AI & carrieges' physics model along with 10 second real-time turns with pauses between them make it an ultimate gambling entertainment where you can simultaneously identify thyself with a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun until you realize the following.- The AI does not try to win unless it is in 1st place. If it is in any lower place its goal is to ♥♥♥♥ over the person nearest behind.- The AI will ALWAYS have better things than what you can buy in your category. (And even if you go to the max category you'll likely just see mid-tier level stuff anyway.- The AI does not have to worry about $$ like the player. So it acts suicidal. It gets all its horses killed, loses its chariot, and almost dies and yet…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not worth buying. It is just not a full game. Good bit of fun, but belongs on a free website like Miniclip in its current state. No real 'career mode', every race is basically the same and unconnected.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Qvadriga = Avalon Hill's 1979 "Circus Maximus" board game on Steam 8.5/10 Whips
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In a video game market positively drowning in turn-based chariot racing simulators this one is a diamond in the rough. Absolutely, hands down my favourite chariot racing team management simulator.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended if you're a glutton for punishment or obsessed with this topic/period, otherwise pass on this one. Interesting take on chariot racing but it feels like the game is tuned against the player. Everytime my riders start to slide on the bend the chariot flips but I can see the other teams sliding all over and very rarely flipping. This isn't a once or twice occurence either, I just tried to do at least a dozen races and haven't managed to finish even one - and this is what I consider a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a strategy game, not a simulation game. It should be tagged a " I'm lucky " game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The graphics might not be much,but the gameplay is great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dear Slitherine Ltd, thank you for great work! Please make Gates Of Troy and Spartan avaliable on Steam! I beg you! Those were the best games during my childhood. Sweet memories...Will by at any price. From Russia with love.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is clearly based heavily upon a board game called Circus Minimus published by The Gamers. That game was also inspired by the old Avalon Hill classic Circus Maximus. So be warned, this is quite literally a video board game. The game also shares lots of mechanics with the old Steve Jackson's Car Wars game, just with Chariots instead of cars. You face RNG and have to play the odds to succeed and maximise your chances. Success is never assured, even with the best of everything. With that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You'd think "turn based" and "racing" would go together about as well as peanut butter and fish but Qvadriga really makes it work somehow. There are board games about racing and I'm thinking specifically of one by Avalon Hill called Circus Maximus that came out in the seventies, it would not surprise me at all if this developer hasn't just pretty much ripped off that system and that's the engine that runs underneath this game, it definitely has the same feel of that game and as a computer game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really nice game if you like this Era and the Charriots Races! ;) Bloody Funny!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →20 bucks? you kidding me right? IF, only IF it had more depth, like managing horses and riders with skillpoints or training or whatever - this could have been really cool. but its just too easy right now and the fun is gone after a couple of hours. really like this kind of a game though, i only wished it was deeper :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Qvadriga is a brilliantly unique game where you manage a chariot racing team in Rome. The best part of the game is the uniqueness, as no one has really tried this before. The gameplay is great as it is hard but rewarding. You can whip other chariot racers next to you, as well as crash into them, but the same thing can happen to you. The only thing I don't like is that towards the end of races when you have the lead it can get boring. Otherwise its a great game, 9/10 excels in originality and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would say that people who like slow simulation games (like I do) will like this game... but not for $20. There is VERY limited content and the gameplay is lacking in flavor or complexity. If it's $5 and you like this type of game, then it's a good deal, but for $20 there just isn't enough to it to be worth the price.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An action-shot from my upcoming review of "QVADRIGA" (Steam game) [more art in post]. This splashie is from the brilliant [ *The Eagles of Rome* ](https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-16560-BD-Aigles-de-Rome.html) graphic novel series, book two, by badass Swiss-Italian, writer-artist [Enrico Marini](https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-327-BD-Marini-Enrico.html). I'd previously posted a few more samples on HistoryArt: [NSFW]…
unlabelledView post →Once you have the interface figured out and start playing a series of races as part of a campaign the fun begins. The games weaves a strong narrative as your Aurigas win races, survive crashes or are taken from you in the prime of their racing career. Races can really have you biting your nails hoping not to only survive, but then win. The graphics are ok- the game play is fantastic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I picked up this game from sale in christmas for 5 euros. Very fun but it gets a bit stale after a while. it has some tactics but soon you learn that one tactic what wins it 70%. RNG usually ♥♥♥♥♥ you a bit. This game would have great potential to be online game. Best part of this game is that you can whip everything. Whip horses, whip rivals, whiff your whip, lose your whip, get whipped. I spend so far 9 hours in this game. I'd say this game is worth it if you can pick it up from sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This isn´t the newest of games. But even in 2014 when it was released, it wasn´t on the brink of tecnology. This said, QVADRIGA offers a lot of fun, for some time at least. It took me about 20 hours to play it through the Campaign on normal difficulty and static turns and there would now be the chance to play it through again with a harder difficulty and the so called "dynamic" gameplay mode. This makes the game a bit faster paced as it doesn´t pause anymore after each turn. Instead you have a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has interesting concept but it is basicly a luck game. If your lucky you have a chance if your unlucky you might as well start the game over. Very limited in options. You have to win (first place) just to pay for the time and materials needed to race the next few races. If you come in 3rd or worse in a 16 team race you basiclly cannot afford to continue racing. So you better win first place every other race or your game will end fast. A $5 or $10 game not worth $20
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Simple yet challenging turn-based strategy, brisk in every way. The only reason I only have played this for just 3 hours is that I'm playing this on my android tablet. Whip your opponents: 7,5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#365games day 106. Qvadriga. ive become a little turnbased freak over the years but this is an absolute testament to the insane power of the turn-based format. the crystalline collision of the physics, the terror, the hubris of pelting around a tight corner in a horse-drawn chariot. in turns!!
unlabelledView post →Gloriously addicting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the early 1980s (yes, I'm THAT old) I picked up a game called Circus Maximus, published by Avalon Hill. The board was a huge "circus," and you had to drive your chariot by plotting out your moves ahead of time, and hope that another chariot didn't get in your way. You could channel your best Ben Hur or your best Messala, but luck was supreme. Qvadriga is very similar, and just as much fun. It proves that more complex isn't necessarily better! Highly recommended. Would be even better if there…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this in a humble bundle a while back and it was one of the games I was very excited about. This game is flawed. If you're far behind and it's a clear loss, there's a nice "skip" button that allows you to basically resign (and you will need to from time to time). Occasionally, you have a race that just goes perfectly, you spring into the lead and...select some benign action until the race is over. It's the middle-ground where the game shines. Attacking and defending and outwitting your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is mostly based on luck. Skill of course matters, but when you hit by a bottle thrown from audience and DIE just before the goal line or roll over in a green (easy) curve there is not much you can do with careful planning and tactics. I do not recommend to friends of tactical games.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A+, great game. Highly recommend - easy to understand, novelty still going strong for me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hardcore but fun nonetheless lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a racing strategy game. Make the right decisions in managing your teams of drivers, horses and horses, you might win on track. But you have to make the right decisions there, too. Crack the whip on your horses from the start to sprint and take the lead and choice of lanes going through the curves? Hold their energy back for the third lap and sprint and overtake in the race to the finish line? Spend this turn positioning for the turn ahead, or spend it lashing a rival driver or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →+ Very unique subject. I don't see any other "chariot race sim" video game out there other than some VR garbage, + Ingenuous deconstruction of chariot races into WEGO turn-based mechanics. - Sadly all that is marred due to extreme reliance on dice rolls. More often than not it feels like my tactical choices are irrelevant in front of the whims of mighty Fortuna. - The turn lengths do not match the decision making points in the race. I.e. your next turn can be 80% "green" and 20% "red".…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →look at my horse, my horse is amazing better race-sim then project cars... needs mp wtf!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seemingly basic but quite complex. It will never not be fun trying to snipe down a running driver, or trying to crash someone in the corner.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a gem. Im super dissapointed, however, that there is not hot seat, or some other multiplayer accomodation. Dang, would this be fun to play with a friend...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the perfect example of how a perfectly designed mechanics can compensate a not super great art. Wonderful game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Riding through sand On my stomach, Meat ground to bones, Hands clenching reins, Rival quadriga Stomping my heels: The smell of victory Is indistinguishable From the smell Of blood And manure.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On my 3rd go around to win the Big Race in Rome (I won 2 times already). I take my time, play it cool to make the drama last longer and have a lot of fun doing it. Seen some of my best drivers die while others climbed the charts to fame and glory. This is a pretty simple game overall but can be very addicting, I tried it thinking I may spend all of 10 minutes playing before I uninstalled but here I am a few years later still loving the action and fun. It is best to buy on sale but for me, even…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Duration: 9 hours total. 2 hours dying and restarting and learning how to race. 7 hours to win the normal campaign. Qvadriga is an engaging racing strategy sim. Races can be quite unforgiving so plan to restart a couple times while you learn the ropes. It was quite fun to play and develop strategies and skill to win. Victory is eventually gained when you win three times at the Circus Maximus. This took me about 10 attempts in Rome. The rush of victory when you outsmart an opponent to take…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do i think it's a little expensive at full price? Yes. I got it in a humble bundle or something though. Do i think it's one of the most unique and fun games? Yes. It's not perfect, but i really liked it. So i don't think i would recommend it on full price, but get it on a sale and whip your horses to death :P This really is a gem! Can be a little rng dependant, but that's nothing bad. Make the best out of your position, try to finish and balance risk to get that sweet victory. Everytime you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very much worth $10 and not a cent more :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best turn based chariot racing game I've ever seen. A little update for some content: I really enjoyed playing the demo of this game and finally got around to picking it up. It's a quick and enjoyable turn based strategy game wrapped in the unique setting of chariot racing. I think the core gameplay of each race is solid and provides a lot of interesting choices.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →SORRY for such words BUT OMG if any intrest atalll get it and i guarentee you , that after 5 minutes you will be hooked.. i just cant come off this i havent even slept last night and im still up 5 41pm day after lol call it day in a munite but wow.. i choose the ventians.. instead of the power greedy romansi love the radom events such only 2 laps this race or 4, then you gotcrowd throwing bottles at horse...let me see ermyour men get stunend easier from the whips there is sooo and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Qvadriga offers an uncommon take on the racing genre by combining turn-based strategy, team management, and historical simulation into a game centered on the dangerous spectacle of Roman chariot racing. Rather than emphasizing fast reflexes, the game rewards thoughtful planning and tactical execution, placing players in charge of a racing stable that must rise from obscurity to compete in the grand arenas of Ancient Rome. This distinctive approach gives the game a unique identity, making it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. I just beat the normal campaign, but I'm unsure if there's anything left to do?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am trying so much to like this game and it has such a fun theme and potential but it's random non sense crap. it just does a very bad job of communicating its mechanics. I played 10+ hours and still have no idea how do my chariots (when do they flip or how do they actually accelerate, because whips don't seem consistent at all) or the ai agents behave.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Runs flawlessly on Steam Deck. I played a lot of this back on iOS before all the 32 bit apps got killed off. Delighted to report that it runs flawlessly on Steam Deck so I'm back in the game. Other than naming your team at the start, and optionally renaming any charioteers, everything is controlled with a single click at a time. It's perfectly viewable on the Deck screen, and when connected to an external display you can crank the resolution all the way up and it's still smooth as butter.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A must have for fans of old Roman Empire and Ben-Hur. Also, playing this listening Ex Deo is trully awesome!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Whip the horses, don't be whipped, avoid the dead horse-broken chariot-bleeding charioteer in the path. What more could you want?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It would be nice if you could give 2 commands in stead of one.This game is addicting.It would be etter if a player always had the option to shake the reins at all times
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Qvadriga is the turn based tactical Roman chariot racing game that nobody asked for, but I guess if you want to corner the market on something, these guys have done it. Race chariots by selecting strategies and then having RNG make up the difference in your performance. The game is displayed with somewhat simplistic 2D top down graphics. This is far from the worst game on Steam, the game even supports 4K resolutions so it's up to scratch, despite the low quality 2D graphics (at least…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Qvadriga is a pristine example of how the imagination is of an infinitly higher definition than any type of ultra-detailed graphics. You might be looking at pixels floating on the screen much the same way as they did about 20 years ago, the core game has a robust simplicity which brings one back to the greatness of classic pc gaming. And that's a great thing. In Qvadriga, the special flavour comes from the execution of polish within it's own reference frame, the intricate little details of how…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is very tough and very addictive. There is no option to alter the difficulty level and that may put some off because the AI is very unforgiving. Having said that, once you have reasonably skilled aurigas, more durable chariots and better horse teams, you can start giving out the same punishment that you've getting off your race competitors, and that is when the game really grabs you. The fun factor goes up 100% at this point and it stops being a case of simply surviving races and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is a "board game" in computer format without the chance to play with other persons. This being said it is a very entertaining product and has fairly high replay value. The races can be fast and there's minimum time investment on the management routines. The game shines in the circus but also gives a tiny bit of management. The rules are fairly simple and it takes more than simple know-it-all to win many of the races. The visual cues are essential but not definitive of the outcomes, especially…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The races themselves are very quick--maybe 10 minutes each. Perfect for when you don't have a lot of time. i enjoyed the challenges. The AI gave you a lot to think about. Part of the fun was dealing with so many unexpected things that can happen in a race-- enemy attacks, debris on the track, your chariot or horses becoming disabled, and even the crowd throwing things into the outside lane. REALLY FUN! Looking forward to trying to beat the game again!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A surprisingly good little game despite v.simple concepts Pros: - chariot racing is very well balanced with luck and skill both playing a part - however you can afford to mess up races as you'll get enough opportunities to put it right with others - nice variations for each race delicately alters tactics (sometimes laps reduced/increased by 1, sometimes whipping not allowed, sometimes only your faction races etc etc) - I like the fact you can play for 5-10 mins and do just one race and stop…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game may look old school, but it is FUN, provides genuine excitement, and requires some actual thought (or sometimes pure luck) in order to survive. The first time you cross the finish line, just ahead of an onrushing challenger, while running on a rickety wheel, with a wounded auriga at the reins, and missing one of your horses, you will understand the subtle delight this game can bring.
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