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Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
41 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's an amazing game which I keep returning to from time to time within decades. Even vanilla and Kingdoms are still very enjoyable however for the better experience some incredible overhaul mods are available.”
“20 years later, this game is still king. IMHO better than any following TW game, and (still IMHO) any other strategy game. Currently I have 1312hs, but i expect that will continue to grow all my life. I know that…”
“My favorite game of all time! Endless hours of fun and entertainment!”
22 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's an amazing game which I keep returning to from time to time within decades. Even vanilla and Kingdoms are still very enjoyable however for the better experience some incredible overhaul mods are available.”
“20 years later, this game is still king. IMHO better than any following TW game, and (still IMHO) any other strategy game. Currently I have 1312hs, but i expect that will continue to grow all my life. I know that…”
“Greatest strategy game OAT. - Best diplomacy system - Best army mechanics - Great UI - Amazing faction variety - World feels alive and mysterious - Unit models look cool - Battles are realistically paced (compared to…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“An incredibly well-rounded and thoroughly enjoyable strategy game, even after all these years. The overwhelmingly positive recognition is very well deserved. I've played many hundreds of hours of Total War across most…”
“Fun and addictive. Easy to get into while not being superficial.”
“I'm still in my first campaign as England, and the loop already has me hooked. Owning settlements, deciding whether each one becomes a castle or a city, training troops, tracking AI alliances, and growing an economy…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Really fun, good mods, active community not to mention cheap and not performance heavy!”
“one of the best total wars out there can run perfect and is still so good”
“As a long term player of TW:M2, I wholly recommend it. It is still as fun today as it was 20 odd years ago when it first appeared. You will never be bored. Currently running it in Linux Mint 22 without issues.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I want to enjoy this game so badly, but the campaign map is the only thing that functions for me. I cant load into any battle without the game crashing. This of course leaves me to only one option which is auto resolve…”
“Really fun, good mods, active community not to mention cheap and not performance heavy!”
“It still hits that nostalgia button for me. Needs some external support for the crashing issue. But with all of the community support it is still well worth the investment.”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I want to enjoy this game so badly, but the campaign map is the only thing that functions for me. I cant load into any battle without the game crashing. This of course leaves me to only one option which is auto resolve…”
“Needs a patch made by 2 people, although it is one of the better TW experiences after this”
“Get stainless steel mod. Fix diplomacy bug. Experience absolute kino”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“the AI back then was a little dumb. I hope Medieval 3 would be better. but it is fun.”
“Classic title. Might be hard to get into nowadays, but I never liked the changes they did for Genghis/Warhammer Total War (province system)”
“took me 39 hours to understand spears cant solve everything”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I want to enjoy this game so badly, but the campaign map is the only thing that functions for me. I cant load into any battle without the game crashing. This of course leaves me to only one option which is auto resolve…”
“What makes the game are the mods. My advice is to leave the base game (by nowadays standards rather mediocre) and enjoy the beautiful mods created by the community.”
“Although I recommend this game but it is generally an inferior version to rome total war, they are very similar, even the menus and options are almost identical. I haven't experimented everything but there are many…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“They need to remaster this game or at least enhance the graphics while we wait on Medieval 3”
“Don't want to be that guy that cares about graphics but this game looks insanely grainy on my pc. Love the total war games but I would rather play Rome 2. Other than that the game is good.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“You'll spend like half of your first few hours just changing the controls, but after you do you'll spend more of that waiting for your units to figure out how to walk down a street. Otherwise its pretty good”
“Although I recommend this game but it is generally an inferior version to rome total war, they are very similar, even the menus and options are almost identical. I haven't experimented everything but there are many…”
“Absolute masterpiece. Possibly my favorite strategy game of all time. I am absolutely obsessed with this game and its depth. It really does play a lot better than the newer titles. The camera and battle controls can be…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I guess the quality of this game can be summarised by the fact, that despite being old as ♥♥♥♥, its still one of the most played TW games completly surpassing newer titles. + Morbillion of cool mods (f.e. LOTR, GoT, enhanced vanilla etc.) + Unhinged commander traits, hilarious…”
— a player, Steam review · 594 hrs played“G. G. O. A. T. (Greatest Game Of All Time!) ...And still running fine. Just like when I played it for thousands of hours, years prior to even having a Steam account here! Long live the King!!”
— a player, Steam review · 80 hrs played“Got the game, barely understand the basic mechanics, start the long campaign. Playing as england, build an army, sieging a settlement. Don't know how to siege, attack without siege equipment, ended up circling the fortress. Tried to climb the wall, realize can't do it, watch…”
— a player, Steam review · 70 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:39 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Medieval · Historical · Turn-Based Strategy · Grand Strategy · War · RTS · Tactical · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Moddable · Military (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Czech * , Hungarian * , Polish * , Russian * * |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.totalwar.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum System Requirements: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP Celeron 1.5GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent AMD® processor 512MB RAM 11GB of uncompressed free hard disk space 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound cardand latest drivers 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse,keyboard and latest drivers DirectX® 9.0c 128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers. Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 1024 x 768 minimum display resolution Internet (TCP / IP) play supported; Internet play requires broadband connection and latest drivers; LAN play requires N