Games like Total War: WARHAMMER
If Total War: WARHAMMER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Total War: WARHAMMER II, Total War: WARHAMMER III and Total War: THREE KINGDOMS — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, dark and epic. 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.
Get personalized picks →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.
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Top pick for Total War: WARHAMMER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
Total War: WARHAMMER III
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Second-strongest match for Total War: WARHAMMER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Third-strongest match for Total War: WARHAMMER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI
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Ranked #4 for Total War: WARHAMMER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
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Shares faction politics and a grim mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Ranked #5 for Total War: WARHAMMER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Ranked #6 for Total War: WARHAMMER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
Total War: SHOGUN 2
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Ranked #7 for Total War: WARHAMMER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
Total War: ATTILA
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Shares a grim mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Ranked #8 for Total War: WARHAMMER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...
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Total War: SHOGUN 2
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Reviewers of Total War: WARHAMMER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
Total War: WARHAMMER III
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Reviewers of Total War: WARHAMMER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
Total War: WARHAMMER II
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Reviewers of Total War: WARHAMMER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
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Shares an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Reviewers of Total War: WARHAMMER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Reviewers of Total War: WARHAMMER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
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.
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Reviewers of Total War: WARHAMMER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Reviewers of Total War: WARHAMMER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
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Shares a grim mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Reviewers of Total War: WARHAMMER cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.
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Priced ~67% under Total War: WARHAMMER on Steam right now. Shares Action with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~83% under Total War: WARHAMMER on Steam right now. Shares Action with Total War: WARHAMMER.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~67% under Total War: WARHAMMER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~75% under Total War: WARHAMMER on Steam right now. Shares Action with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Total War: WARHAMMER.
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Total War: WARHAMMER III
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
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Total War: SHOGUN 2
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Shares faction politics and an epic mood with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Another title from CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, the studio behind Total War: WARHAMMER. Shares Strategy with Total War: WARHAMMER.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
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Total War: ATTILA
WHY THIS
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Frequently asked about Total War: WARHAMMER
- 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, Total War: THREE KINGDOMS.
- 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).
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