Total War: Pharaoh
Total War: Pharaoh features a choice of eight faction leaders from three rich cultural hubs, with unique playstyles and diverse unit rosters. Whether you’re charming the courts as a peerless diplomat, charging…
Total War: Pharaoh is a strategy developed by CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, released 11 October 2023 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $8.99 at Humble Store.
What Total War: Pharaoh is
Total War: Pharaoh is a strategy game developed by CREATIVE ASSEMBLY and released in 2023. It was published by Sega. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Total War: Pharaoh, the Pharaoh is dead, and the people of Egypt, Canaan, and the Hittite empire cry out for a new leader. Many desire the power of the throne, but the path to becoming Pharaoh is a perilous one. As the leader of these great nations, you must overcome societal collapse, face natural disasters and fight to protect your people against invaders from far off lands.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Total War series
Total War: Pharaoh is the 53rd of 56 entries we hold in the Total War series. The next entry was Total War: Warhammer III - Thrones of Decay in 2024. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Rome: Total War at 91.
How it was received
Total War: Pharaoh holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 3,249 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $8.99 at Humble Store, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Total War: Pharaoh launched on 11 October 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Total War: Pharaoh yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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