Rank 01Why this
Shares faction politics with Total War: WARHAMMER.
- $59.99 (Price checked Nov 2)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
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The closest matches to Total War: WARHAMMER: Total War: WARHAMMER II, Total War: WARHAMMER III, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War, Age of Wonders III, and Panzer Corps 2. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Games Workshop and Dwarf, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
- $59.99 (Price checked Nov 2)
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Also Grand Strategy and Turn-Based, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
- $3.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
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Age of Wonders III
Why this: Also Dwarf and Grand Strategy, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Total War: WARHAMMER
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- 2Total War: WARHAMMER III
Also Games Workshop and Dwarf, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
- 71% of 60,375 reviews
- 3Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Also Grand Strategy and Turn-Based, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
- 82% of 5,122 reviews
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- 10Mordheim: City of the Damned
Also Games Workshop and Turn-Based, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
- 71% of 4,698 reviews
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- 18Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Shares magic system and faction politics with Total War: WARHAMMER.
- 89% of 18,291 reviews
- 19Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)
Also Games Workshop and RTS, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
- 67% of 3,540 reviews
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- 23Disciples II: Rise of the Elves
Also Dwarf and Turn-Based, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
- 84% of 444 reviews
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Linux), Feral Interactive (Mac)
- Price: $59.99checked Nov 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 82% of 18,120 reviews
- Genres: Action, Strategy
- Metacritic 86
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Campaign map is engaging and replayable
- Dark fantasy setting feels immersive
- Factions feel distinct and lore rich
- Challenging
- Dark
- Epic
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Why this: Also Games Workshop and RTS, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
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Why this: Also Grand Strategy and RTS, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
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Why this: Also War and Tactical, like Total War: WARHAMMER.
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About Total War: WARHAMMER
The closest matches to Total War: WARHAMMER: Total War: WARHAMMER II, Total War: WARHAMMER III, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War, Age of Wonders III, and Panzer Corps 2. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Total War: WARHAMMER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Total War: WARHAMMER II, Total War: WARHAMMER III and Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, dark and epic, and single out its campaign map design and faction politics. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Total War: WARHAMMER is a challenging fantasy strategy game released in 2016, developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega, available at $59.99 USD. Players command vast armies across campaign maps featuring faction politics, hero assassination mechanics, and a deep magic system, with AI opponents that reviewers describe as legendary. Players describe the experience as dark, epic, and grim, praising the dark fantasy setting for feeling immersive and noting that different factions feel distinct and lore-rich. The game spans a massive length with tactical positioning in battles described as mattering significantly, and it maintains an 82% positive rating from over 18,000 Steam reviews. It is playable on Steam Deck.
About 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.
Is Total War: WARHAMMER worth buying?
Players recommend it
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 82% of 18,120 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $59.99 (checked Nov 8).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 42 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 12 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Campaign map is engaging and replayable
- Dark fantasy setting feels immersive
- Factions feel distinct and lore rich
- Harder than other total war games
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“the war hammer games apparently force you to keep the older obsolete games in order to main content for the new ones...”
“The game is 10 years old and is still $60... Buy this on G2A don't give these greedy hogs any more feed.”
People who play it also play: Total War: WARHAMMER II, Total War: WARHAMMER III, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Frequently asked about Total War: WARHAMMER
Can I run it?
Does Total War: WARHAMMER run on Steam Deck?
Total War: WARHAMMER is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Total War: WARHAMMER cost?
Total War: WARHAMMER is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Total War: WARHAMMER have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Total War: WARHAMMER supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Total War: WARHAMMER?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Total War: WARHAMMER are Total War: WARHAMMER II, Total War: WARHAMMER III, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War.
Who developed Total War: WARHAMMER?
Total War: WARHAMMER was developed by CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Linux), Feral Interactive (Mac) and published by SEGA, Feral Interactive (Linux), Feral Interactive (Mac).