Total War
Turn-based grand strategy meets real-time battles — command entire empires, then command their armies in real time.
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What is Total War?
Total War is Creative Assembly's grand-strategy series launched in 2000 with Shogun: Total War. It uniquely combines turn-based grand-strategy campaign mapping with epic real-time battles involving thousands of individually-simulated soldiers on the ground. Historical titles (Rome, Medieval, Napoleon, Shogun 2, Attila) and the fantasy Warhammer trilogy have made it the definitive PC 'grand-strategy plus battles' franchise.
Quick facts
Category
Video Games
Type
Individual
Players
1–8
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Estimated origin
2000, The Creative Assembly (Shogun: Total War)
Olympic
No
Popularity
regional
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified