Total War: WARHAMMER II

Fantasy grand strategy mixing turn-based conquest with real-time battles

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Published by SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) · Released Sep 28, 2017

Action Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 93% of 121K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 88% of 72 in 30 days
Playing now: 691; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 month ago; Jul 28, 2026

Metacritic: 87/100 (critic reviews)

What is Total War: WARHAMMER II?

A fantasy strategy game that combines a turn-based open-world campaign with real-time tactical battles. Choose one of four factions, manage settlements, diplomacy, armies, lords, and heroes, then complete rituals around the Great Vortex while disrupting rival factions.

For you if...

+you enjoy managing empires between large real-time battles
+you want distinct fantasy factions with different campaign mechanics
+you want both solo campaigns and multiplayer battles

Not for you if...

−you dislike alternating turn-based planning with real-time battles
−you prefer short matches over long-form conquest campaigns
−you want action without diplomacy or settlement management

What players say

93% of 121,474 reviews are positive · 88% of 72 in the last 30 days

Players praise the faction variety, narrative campaign, and mix of empire management with large real-time battles. The main complaints concern the amount and cost of DLC, plus recent reports that server outages or entitlement checks can block paid content and saved campaigns.

Screenshots and trailer

Total War: WARHAMMER II system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 64Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz
Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 460 1GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB | Intel HD4000 @720p
Memory: 5 GB RAM
Storage: 60 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.

OS: Windows 7 / 8 (8.1)/ 10 64Bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB | AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB @1080p
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 60 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11
Notes: Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: Denuvo Anti-tamper
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 152
Steam features: Workshop, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Default controller config not fully functional
Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Device compatibility warnings shown
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
External controllers are not supported for the primary player

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.