Total War: Warhammer
A unique combination of colossal real-time battles and an addictive turn-based sandbox campaign game of statecraft, politics and empire building, Total War: WARHAMMER will deliver hundreds of hours of…
Total War: Warhammer is a real time strategy (rts) developed by The Creative Assembly, released 24 May 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $14.99 at Humble Store.
What Total War: Warhammer is
Total War: Warhammer is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by The Creative Assembly and released in 2016. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TW Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It is an age of endless conquest, thousands of warriors clash in titanic battles as entire races wage war on one another, each led by a formidable hero seeking dominion over the world. All at your command. The valiant Karl Franz marshals the men of the Empire, seeking to unite the fractured elector counts under a banner of strength against their common enemies. Hungry for the vicious brutality of combat, the Greenskins flock to the tribe of Grimgor Ironhide; Orcs and Goblins alike filled with an insatiable thirst for carnage. High King Thorgrim orders the stoic Dwarfs forth from their mountain strongholds, marching to vengefully right the grave injustices dealt to them over the millennia…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 185 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Warhammer series
Total War: Warhammer is the 30th of 95 entries we hold in the Warhammer series. The next entry was Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide Drachenfels in 2016. Its critic score of 85 is 20 points above the series average of 65. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning at 90.
How it was received
Total War: Warhammer holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 141 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz, 3 GB RAM and (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 35GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $14.99 at Humble Store, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Total War: Warhammer launched on 24 May 2016, within three weeks of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch and Doom. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mirror's Edge Catalyst, Overwatch, Doom.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Total War: Warhammer yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 6 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Total War: Warhammer - Chaos Warriors
Total War: Warhammer - Blood For the Blood God
Total War: Warhammer - Call of the Beastmen
Total War: Warhammer - The Grim and the Grave
Total War: Warhammer - Wurrzag
Total War: Warhammer - The King and the Warlord
Total War: Warhammer - Grombrindal the White Dwarf
Total War: Warhammer - Jade Wizard
Total War: Warhammer - Grey Wizard
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Total War: Warhammer - Realm of the Wood Elves
Total War: Warhammer - Bretonnia
Total War: Warhammer - Isabella von Carstein
Total War: Warhammer - Norsca
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