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Total War: WARHAMMER
Addictive turn-based empire-building with colossal, real-time battles, all set in a world of legendary heroes, giant monsters, flying creatures and storms of magical power.
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
30 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“It's not better than the other 2 but it's more accessible. Smaller in scope and with simpler systems upon which the other two built. It's one of the best strategy games and gameplay-wise is better and more diverse than…”
“The best Total War to date. Say what you will about the fantasy setting, but this game brought an incredible breath of fresh air and launched the Total War franchise into a whole new world! (Plenty of DLC, including 3…”
“Absolutely recommend this game for Total War beginners!, This version of Warhammer(1st) really puts into perspective what kind of fun you can get into. Though when you just started to play the game, It can get pretty…”
9 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“It's not better than the other 2 but it's more accessible. Smaller in scope and with simpler systems upon which the other two built. It's one of the best strategy games and gameplay-wise is better and more diverse than…”
“Absolutely recommend this game for Total War beginners!, This version of Warhammer(1st) really puts into perspective what kind of fun you can get into. Though when you just started to play the game, It can get pretty…”
“Gameplay is fun, battles are realistic up close (It's great to see a minotaur run through a battalion and toss men into the air) and the tactical approach is fun. I lose as often as I win so a great challenge.”
4 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“Good DLC for Warhammer 3, but not really good as a standalone game anymore, there's just too many quality of life improvements in the third game. I do like the map and how the map looks though. I just wish they ported…”
4 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“Good DLC for Warhammer 3, but not really good as a standalone game anymore, there's just too many quality of life improvements in the third game. I do like the map and how the map looks though. I just wish they ported…”
“Total War: Warhammer scratches that epic fantasy strategy itch in a way no historical Total War ever could — watching a dragon tear through infantry lines or unleashing a Waaagh! that swallows entire armies never gets…”
3 of the 90 reviews raise this.
“If you love top down strategy games, then this game is a MUST! It's a great "end of the day game" that you can play just with your mouse. It has a good story, the different factions are fun, and the gameplay is unique…”
“still fun even after all this time and with mods you can keep making it fun by adding new units generals or factions”
“Great game. Good re-playability.”
14 of the 90 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“The warhammer series broke my love for total war games. This DLC microtransaction filled buggy poorly designed garbage ruined my opinion of the creative-assembly and I would recommend not buying any more of their games…”
“A decent starter point or DLC for the next games. The main downsides: worse graphics and permanent agent assassination of generals and heroes. Get it one sale. They happen a lot.”
9 of the 90 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“The warhammer series broke my love for total war games. This DLC microtransaction filled buggy poorly designed garbage ruined my opinion of the creative-assembly and I would recommend not buying any more of their games…”
“making you buy other factions as extra feels really bad. but as a Total War fan, it is nice to experience it in this world.”
“its simple to learn the game play for each nation and is unique from the historical games with the only real down side being theres alot of DLCs to buy if you want the full game but some are free and the rest are…”
7 of the 90 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A decent starter point or DLC for the next games. The main downsides: worse graphics and permanent agent assassination of generals and heroes. Get it one sale. They happen a lot.”
“Good DLC for Warhammer 3, but not really good as a standalone game anymore, there's just too many quality of life improvements in the third game. I do like the map and how the map looks though. I just wish they ported…”
“Total War: Warhammer scratches that epic fantasy strategy itch in a way no historical Total War ever could — watching a dragon tear through infantry lines or unleashing a Waaagh! that swallows entire armies never gets…”
5 of the 90 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“10% achievement and it took me this many hours. This is a great game but patience is a virtue. The rules are not too bad once I got used to it, but get ready to get your butt kicked a couple of times. if you have an…”
“yeah i suck at this. still fun tho”
5 of the 90 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The warhammer series broke my love for total war games. This DLC microtransaction filled buggy poorly designed garbage ruined my opinion of the creative-assembly and I would recommend not buying any more of their games…”
“Tried to download the Bretonnia army for free and it doesn't actually work. That's the only reason im here, so ♥♥♥♥ this.”
“Fun game, occasionally broken by dev updates, DLC monetisation bad”
Counted across 90 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 78.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“i am not going to lie i waited years to play this game. never had the time or the money to justify buying it... so i might be biased on reccomendations played all races on normal difficulty on this i have only three real faults and it might be from being on normal difficulty 1.…”
— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played“I still prefer the darker art style and gameplay in this first warhammer game compared to the mess warhammer 3 has become.”
— a player, Steam review · 318 hrs played“The game is 10 years old and is still $60... Buy this on G2A don't give these greedy hogs any more feed.”
— a player, Steam review · 363 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Fantasy · RTS · War · Turn-Based Strategy · Games Workshop · Grand Strategy · Multiplayer · Tactical · Dark Fantasy · Action · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 185 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64Bit Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: (DirectX 11) AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB | NVIDIA GTS 450 1024MB | Intel HD4000 @720P DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 35 GB available space Additional Notes: *PC Integrated graphics chipsets require 4 GB RAM, e.g. Intel HD series. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.