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Total Annihilation

Large-scale sci-fi RTS with physics-driven battles across land, sea, and air

Cavedog Entertainment · Published by Wargaming.net · Released Dec 18, 2015

Strategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
96% of 3,724
Recent reviews
Very Positive
100% of 18 in 30 days
Players
99
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
Unknown
no patch notes on Steam
Minimum PC
SVGA
0 GB RAM · 0.4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)

What is Total Annihilation?

A sci-fi real-time strategy game where you build bases, gather resources, and command armies in single-player missions or multiplayer battles. The conflict pits the machine-based Core against the Arm, rebels who resist transferring human consciousness into machines.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy large-scale army management and base building
  • +you want combat spanning land, sea, and air
  • +you value terrain, projectile physics, and layered defenses

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer modern presentation and streamlined controls
  • −you dislike managing many units in real time

What players say

96% of 3,724 reviews are positive · 100% of 18 in the last 30 days

Players praise the unit variety, projectile and terrain physics, strategic depth, and soundtrack. The most common complaint is that the game may fail to launch or crash on modern Windows systems, sometimes requiring unofficial patches or other workarounds.

Players over time

▼ -3% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 116 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Sep 21, 2026116

Screenshots and trailer

Total Annihilation screenshot 1

Total Annihilation system requirements

Minimum: SVGA, 0 GB RAM, 0.4 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Total Annihilation?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

OS
Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8)
Processor
100 MHz
Graphics
SVGA
Memory
16 MB RAM
Storage
400 MB available space

Recommended

Processor
1 GHz
Memory
512 MB RAM

Does Total Annihilation have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.

Does Total Annihilation run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English.

Does Total Annihilation use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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