Total War is a Strategy video game series published by Electronic Arts, Sega, and Activision, and developed by Creative Assembly. The series mixes the Resource Management and Turn-based Strategy, with Real-time Tactics elements of battles. Shogun: Total War was the first title in the series, released in June 2000. The primary title in the series was Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, released in 2018. The first game takes place in feudal Japan, in which the single-player campaign comes with interactive videos that represented the possible choices by the player such as converting to Christianity. The 2nd title of the game is Medieval: Total War, taking place in Medieval Europe. The series comprises many titles, including Shogun: Total War, Medieval: Total War, Rome: Total War, Empire: Total War, Napoleon: Total War, and more. The player acts as the commander who must command his team from an isometric perspective, build bases, and struggle to conquer the lands of the enemy to advance through the game.

19 Best Total War Games for PC

#1 Total War: Warhammer

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Total War: Warhammer combines the elements of Real-time Tactics, Turn-based Strategy, and Fantasy created by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. There are four different races such as the Dwarfs, the Empire, the Greenskins, and the Vampire Counts. It takes place in the fantasy-based world and revolves around empire building, gather resources and battle against other races. Each race has its unique characters, play style, and battle units. Recruit your army and must lead in battlefield to fight as one of the eight lords from the Warhammer fantasy world. You can use a set of weapons, armor, and magic to conquer another faction or dominate the battlefield. As the game progress, it goes tougher and other content in the game will be unlocked. Update your army, and expand your Empire by conquering other empires, and gathering lots of resources. Defend your nation at the end and avoid enemy attack to further progress. Show off your strength and learn new abilities, and tricks to fight against powerful terrains. Unleash the Monsters, Conquer the World, Command Legendary Character, Lead Races, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out.

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#2 Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia

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Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia is a Strategy-based, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega for Multiple Platforms. The game acts as the 12th title in the series of Total War, and it takes place in the British Isles, 878 AD. It introduces up to ten playable factions such as Welsh Kingdoms, Scots Circenn Gaelic clans, and more. It has two modes such as Campaign and Battle. The game starts with the player selecting his one of ten factions each has its unique attributes, set of objectives, strength, and play style. The game is played from an isometric perspective, and the player uses a point-and-click interface to explore the environment. According to the plot, the English King named Alfred the Great has mounted a strong defence at the Edington’s battle and blunted the Viking invasion. In the game, the player needs to explore the environment, the battle against opposing forces, select his strategy, and struggle to dominate the British Isles. During the game, the player uses ranged weapons to attack enemies and defeat them to earn points.

#3 Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms

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Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms is a Downloadable Content Pack to the 2006 Turn-based Strategy and Real-time Tactics video game Medieval II: Total War. The DLC pack comes with four new campaigns, and each campaign revolves around the different geographical area. The game features both Single and Multiplayer modes, and it was developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. In the game, the player must define his territory, explore the environment, command his troops and take down enemies to conquer the land and loot their resources. All the factions from the New World are playable in the game, including Apaches, Aztecs and Mayans. With new maps in Crusades, Teutonic, Britannia, etc. there are thirteen new factions available to play, more than 110 units to command and over fifty building types, the player to play one-versus-one campaign. Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms includes prominent features such as 15 New Multiplayer Scenarios and Maps, more than Sixty new Territories, Fifty Building Types, Thirteen Factions, 10 Units, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb graphics, and brilliant mechanics, Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms is the best game to play.

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#4 Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai

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Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai is a Real-time Tactics, Turn-based Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by The Creativity Assemble and published by Sega. The game acts as the Downloadable Content Pack for the strategy video game Total War: Shogun 2, released in 2012. It takes place in the mid-19th century, revolving around Bakumatsu era. The Expansion pack focuses on the battles between the Shogunists and the Imperialists in the years of Tokugawa Shogunate, which is set three-hundred years after the event of the previous title. It combines the power of modern weaponry and the traditional Samurai culture. The ultimate task of the player is to control ancient Japan into the modern age, as the arrival of Britain, America and France will begin the horrific war, which will demolish the future of the nation. At the starting of the game, the player has to select his playable faction and participate in the battlefield to show off his strategic abilities while conquering the land to restore the peace. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#5 Total War Battles: Kingdom

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Total War Battles: Kingdom is a Medieval-themed, Action, Real-time Strategy, Building, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Creative Assemble and published by Sega. The game lets you an opportunity to establish your kingdom, recruit your army, and lead them in the massive battles where the accuracy of your commands and the cunning of your moves will do more than your army. You can manipulate the environment to collect resources, use different buildings to create your empire and expand it further and further to progress through the plot. During the gameplay, you can shape your lands to transform the wild areas into the productive realms. The ultimate task is to raise your cities, build roads, cut down trees for wood, build bridges, and more. The world is full of other players from around the globe available with the same task like you. You can participate in battles to fight against real players, defeat them to claim their lands, and loot their resources. Total War Battles: Kingdom includes core features such as Expand your Kingdom, Command an Army, Creative Rivers, Customization, Unlockable Items, and more. Try it out.

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#6 Total War: Rome II: Emperor Edition

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Total War: Rome II: Emperor Edition is a Historical, Turn-based Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game with an emphasis on RTS developed by Very Positive and published by Mostly Positive. It serves as the definitive edition of Total War: Rome II, introduces an improved building chains, enhanced system of politics, rebalanced battles and campaigns. The game brings all features and contents available for Rome II since its release in 2013. There are different playable factions available such as Lepidus, Iceni, Dacia, Marcomanni and more. The player needs to select his playable faction, establish his empire, recruit an army and command it in the battlefield against other forces. The ultimate task of the player to explore the world from an isometric perspective, battle enemies and defeat them to claim their land and loot the resources to expand the empire. It takes place in the medieval open world where the player can explore the areas freely and upgrade his army and weapons using his earned points. There are a series of quests with increasing difficulties. Total War: Rome II: Emperor Edition offers core features such as New Factions, Improved Graphics, multiple Campaigns, Advanced Units, Tactics, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#7 Total War: Warhammer II

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Total War: Warhammer II mixes the Real-time Tactics and Turn-based Strategy elements and supports both Single-player and Multiplayer video game created by Creative Assembly. The game serves as the part of the Total War series, and it takes place in the Warhammer Fantasy fictional Universe. The universe comprises four continents such as the Southlands, Naggaroth, Ulthuan, and Lustria. It offers a thrilling story takes place many millennia ago, where the strange space fearing faction called the Old Ones came to visit the Warhammer world. To start the game, the player must select his faction, and lead his army on the battlefield to fight against enemies from an isometric perspective and earn enough points to unlock additional content. It offers a vast world populated with brutal monsters and enemies. The gameplay becomes tough, as the player advanced through the levels. Become the best warrior, plan the strategies and command the force to take down the opponent entity and win amazing rewards. With detailed environment, smooth controls, and addictive graphics, Total War: Warhammer II is the wonderful game to enjoy.

#8 Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion

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Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion mixes the Turn-based Strategy and Real-time Tactics elements and supports both Single and Multiplayer Modes. The game is available to play on iOS and Windows by Creative Assembly and Sega. It is the first downloadable content pack for the original game Total War and set in the period of the Western Roman Empire. The pack introduces both original game and the Barbarian Invasion downloadable content pack. The game starts in 363 and ends in 476. There are up to three major religious available such as Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Paganism are fighting against each other for dominance. All factions are available to play from the beginning point of the game while in the main title, only three factions are present to play and others have to unlock by either winning the campaign or destroying them. The game features a variety of levels and each level requires a completion of certain objectives. To get into the world, the player needs to select his faction, and lead his army throughout the game to conquer other factions. With prominent gameplay, superb mechanics, and attractive soundtracks, Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion is the best Expansion Pack to play and enjoy.

#9 Medieval: Total War

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Medieval: Total War combines the elements of Real-time Strategy, Turn-based Strategy, Tactical, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Creative Assembly and published by Activision. It is the 2nd marvelous entry in the series of Total War, following on Shogun: Total War released in 2000. The game offers the similar gameplay to its initial title, in which the player must build his empire in multiple locations such as Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa during 1087 to 1453. The gameplay consists of two main elements such as Strategy and Tactical. In the beginning, the player starts from an empty land his task is to turn it into a beautiful town using different features, buildings, and structures. There are multiple buildings available, and the player can use them to build his empire, and his task is to expand it further and further. He can harvest crops to feed his people, produce various goods and sell them to earn money that can be used to upgrade the town. The player can create his army, equip and train them with weapons and participates in turn-based combat against other players or AI to show off his power, strength and more. There are different landscapes available, and the player has to explore each one to become the master. With brilliant gameplay, mechanics, and controls, Medieval: Total War is the incredible game to play.

#10 Medieval II: Total War

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Medieval II: Total War is a mix of Turn-based Strategy, Real-time Tactics, and Real-time Strategy elements developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is the fourth entry in the series of Total War and takes place in the medieval setting world and centers on between the years 1080 to 1530. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessors and introduces two new modes such as Single-player Campaign and battles. Battles mode can be played in historical scenarios and revolves around between two factions such as the Battle of Agincourt and the Battle of Arsuf. There are different factions, and you can select your squad to lead your nation and participate in the battlefield to win rewards. The gameplay comprises leading the military, social systems, military, and politics system of the faction. During your turn, you need to make your strategy and move on to the map to defeat your enemies or against faction. Medieval II: Total War includes cool features such as Twenty-two Factions, Turn System, Battle System, different Characters and more. Medieval II: Total War is the best game to play and enjoy.

#11 Total War: Arena

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Total War: Arena is a Strategy and Multiplayer video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Wargaming Alliance. The game is about creating a unique Empire, recruiting troops, battling against enemies and defending your empire. It is the first entry in the series of Total War which is available to Free-to-play and mixes the elements of Multiplayer Online Battle Arena and Real-time Strategy. It centers on 10 vs. 10 combat, and each player can control up to three units, each unit controlled more than a hundred soldiers. Through customization, the player can change the appearance of his troops and his character using a variety of accessories and items. The game takes place in the historical time period world and puts the player in turn-based combat where he has to struggle to rank-up his team by defeating as many teams as possible. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay, superb environment, and smooth controls, Total War: Arena is the best game to play and enjoy.

#12 Shogun: Total War

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Shogun: Total War is an Action, Real-time Tactics, Turn-based Strategy, Historical, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Creative Sega and published by Sega. The game takes place in Japan and the major installment in the series of Total War. It focuses on samurai warfare in the period of Sengoku of Japanese history. The player can assume the role of the leader and the ultimate task is to lead his troops and conquer Japan through diplomacy, military might, religion and espionage to achieve the position of Shogun. It has two different modes such as Turn-based Campaign and the Real-time Tactics. In turn-based mode, the player must move his armies, create infrastructure of his province, conducts diplomacy, and complete certain tasks to earn money. While in real-time tactics modes, the player has to lead his army and conquer other nations. Shogun: Total War is the best game and offers enhanced mechanics, gameplay and controls. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.

#13 Rome: Total War

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Rome: Total War combines the elements of Turn-based, Tactics, and Real-time Strategy. It has both Single and Multiplayer modes developed by The Creative Assembly. There are three massive Roman houses such as Brutii, Julii, and Scipii, and the game lets you select one of them to dive into the battle world. Each house represents different attributes, objectives, and a few provinces. The game takes place earlier Roman Empire 270 BC and the gameplay comprises tactical battles. The ultimate goal is to create your own Empire, recruit armies and equip them with classic weapons and fight against other empires to loot their resources. Score experience points and uses them to upgrade your armies, buildings, and resources. Build your units, and protect your Empire using your armies. Manage resources, diplomacy, armies, developing, and population. Expand your Empire further and further by conquering fifty provinces. In the beginning, you have an empty land and the task is to convert it into a big Empire. With a detailed environment, addictive gameplay and superb mechanics, Rome: Total War is the best game to play and enjoy.

#14 Napoleon: Total War

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Napoleon: Total War is a Real-time Strategy, Turn-based, Single and Multiplayer Strategy video game developed The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is the marvelous sixth entry in the series of Total War. The game takes place in the fictional Europe, Middle East, and North Africa during eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. You can get into the role of the Napoleon Bonaparte and immerse yourself in the massive map and real-time battle experience. It has three main campaigns related to the career of general. The game includes different faction and allows you select one of them to get into the game world in campaign mode. The main objective is to construct buildings, units and generate income. Discover new technologies, sign contract with other factions, send your special agents on missions, trade, and war with enemies and other faction. Recruit your troops, train and equip them with classic weapons and become the dominate faction of the world. Lead and command massive armies during battle. Napoleon: Total War offers exciting features such as Episodic Campaigns, Battles and Units, Detailed Environments and more. Try it out.

#15 Total War

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Total War is a fantastic series of Action and Strategy video games. Created and published by The Creative Assembly, the game offers a brilliant combination of Turn-based mechanics and Real-time Tactics as well to engage the players deeply into the most addictive gameplay ever. Total War offers ten main games and sequels along with four Spin-offs and allows the players to enjoy the most amazing Tactical Strategy games. Throughout the series, Total War offers the games with historical events and allows the players to be some of the most powerful and influential figures, govern over the masses and be part of the huge wars against the most significant powers of the times. Total War series includes some of the most popular and critically acclaimed video games in the series such as Total War: Shogun (First game of the series), Total War: Rome, Total War: Empire and Total War: Attila, etc. With all the amazing Single and Multiplayer campaigns throughout the series, Total War allows the players to witness some of the most epic battles of the times such as in the eras of Mongol Invasion, Viking Invasion, Roman Republic (Barbarian Invasion), American and European Conquests, French Revolutionary Wars (Napoleonic Wars), 16th Century Medieval Japan and loads more. With a very addictive nature, beautifully portrayed timelines, fantastic characters, and their roles, variety of different timelines and Specific Events, plenty of room for the gameplay throughout the series, Total War is one great collection of games for all the hardcore Action, Strategy and Real-time Tactics fans. Do play the games in the series and enjoy the ultimate never ending fun.

#16 Empire: Total War

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Empire: Total War is a Turn Based Strategy, Real Time Tactics and MMO video game created by The Creative Assembly and Feral Interactive. The game is set in the Early Modern Period of 18th Century and allows you to choose a faction for yourself and dominate over the known world by the use of massive armies, diplomacy and economics. The turn based element of the game allows you to engage yourself in wars against the enemies in real-time. You can select any campaign and wage wars against your enemies through land and sea and use differently trained troop units. Empire: Total War lets you see and take part in some of the biggest wars of the history like American War of Independence, Battle of Fontenoy, Battle of Rossbach, Battle of Brandywine etc. Every campaign of the game allows you to build and manage your own settlement in which you can erect different structures, gather resources and train your troops etc. Multiplayer mode of the game allows you to make alliances with other online players and fight with your enemies with doubled strength and resources, defeat them and conquer their territories. Empire: Total War is a great Tactical MMO-RTS game to play and enjoy.

#17 Total War: Rome 2

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Total War: Rome 2 is an amazing Real-Time Strategy and MMO video game by The Creative Assembly, set in an alternative Historical setting of Rome. The game focuses basically on Real-time Combats, Battles and Faction-based conquering themes. With choices to select your character from a number of races, skill trees and experiences, Total War: Rome 2 allows you to be part of an enormously huge kingdom ranging from Spanish coasts to far-situated kingdoms of the east, get into a specific faction, lead your people, take part in epic wars, and show off your best commercial, statistical, military and democratic strategies and skills. Running whole kingdoms, making rules for the living, building cultures, controlling economies and constructing buildings, businesses etc. are the unique aspects of this wonderful game. Try it out and you’ll definitely feel like being part of the great Roman Empire.

#18 Total War: Shogun 2

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Total War: Shogun 2 is a Real-Time Strategy and Tactical War-based MMO Video game by popular The Creative Assembly. The game is set in the 16th century in Japan and focuses on its Feudal system that came into existence after the Onin War during the era of Ashikaga Shogunate. The whole country got divided into various clans such as Chosokabe, Date, Hojo, Mori, Oda, Shimazu, Takeda, Tokugawa, Uesugi, Hattori, Iko-Iko and Otomo etc. led by fierce Warlords. The warlords started wars against each other to took the control into their hands and started governing over several parts of the country. You can select any clan that best suits you and start managing it by dominating over the other clans. To dominate you must start a mission campaign, Produce massive armies such as Ninjas, Geishas etc. grow your Economy by engaging in deep businesses and trade bounds, start researching and building new technologies in order to advance through the game. You must also strengthen up your economic and political sides too by the use of special agents. You can dominate over your enemies with the help of Turn by Turn game-play and better strategies. On the capture of any Kyoto or territory you must also dominate over your enemies by fighting against them in Realm Divide mode. You must eliminate head of clan who is fighting against you in Realm Divide to conquer and seize the resources. Every clan defeat in Realm Divide allows you to rule over that clan, their armies, resources and their territory as well and that means more power and fame amongst all other clans. Multiplayer gaming mode lets you make alliances with other online players to fight against any clan, win the battles and divide the resources and territory. Total War: Shogun 2 is a great RTS and tactical War Based MMO Video game to play and enjoy.

#19 Total War: Attila

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Total War: Attila is a Turn-Based Strategy and Real-Time MMO and Strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly. The game is set in 395 A.D. when the Late Antiquity was transitioning into early Dark Ages. Total War: Attila allows you to be the leader of the Huns in an era of Famines, Diseases, War and Apocalyptic Turmoil. In the times of chaos, when everybody is trying to fill up their pockets with whatever fits their palm, Total War: Attila lets you have the support of a mighty army of Million horsemen and conquer the City of Rome. The game allows you to show your might by going to war against all the Oppressing Powers, Crushing their rebellions and proving yourself as the most Barbarian and fearsome king who knows how to rule. With one of the best Legendary Start Positions, Overhauled Game Mechanics, Incredible Details of the Game World, Outstanding Graphics and Visual Effects, lot of amazing Objectives and Multiple Game Endings based on the actions of the Player Total War: Attila is one of the best Strategy and Real time Tactics video game to play and enjoy.