Action · September 28, 2017

Total War: WARHAMMER II (2017)

trophy152 achievementsextension22 DLClocal_offer-75% current discountgroup10M–100M ownerstrending_up1.5k peak concurrentrecommend87.6k recommendations
IMMORTAL EMPIRES Decide the fate of the Warhammer world in Immortal Empires, the epic culmination of the entire Total War: WARHAMMER series, now available for all *Total War WARHAMMER I and WARHAMMER II owners! Combining the campaign maps, races, and factions from all three games into a single, epic sandbox campaign across the legendary Warhammer world, Immortal Empires is the most complete and definitive Warhammer strategy experience ever conceived. *If you only own Total War: WARHAMMER I or II, you can access Immortal Empires by launching Total War: WARHAMMER III in your game library. About the Game DEFEND YOUR WORLD. DESTROY THEIRS. Total War: WARHAMMER II is a strategy game of titanic proportions. Choose from four unique, varied factions and wage war your way – mounting a campaign of conquest to save or destroy a vast and vivid fantasy world. This is a game of two halves – one a turn-based open-world campaign, and the other intense, tactical real-time battles across the fantastical landscapes of the New World. Play how you choose – delve into a deep engrossing campaign, experience unlimited replayability and challenge the world in multiplayer with a custom army of your favourite units. Total War: WARHAMMER II offers hundreds of hours of gameplay and no two games are the same. World-Spanning Conquest Engage in statecraft, diplomacy, exploration and build your empire, turn by turn. Capture, build and manage teeming settlements and recruit vast armies. Level up Legendary Lords and Heroes and arm them with mythical weapons and armour. Negotiate alliances or declare Total War to subjugate any that stand between you and your goal. Epic Real-Time Battles Command thousands-strong legions of soldiers in intense tactical battles. Send forth ferocious, twisted monsters, fire-breathing dragons and harness powerful magic. Utilise military strategies, lay ambushes, or use brute force to turn the tide of combat and lead your forces to victory. The second in a trilogy and sequel to the award-winning Total War: WARHAMMER, Total War: WARHAMMER II brings players a breath-taking new narrative campaign, set across the vast continents of Lustria, Ulthuan, Naggaroth and the Southlands. The Great Vortex Campaign builds pace to culminate in a definitive and climactic endgame, an experience unlike any other Total War title to date. Playing as one of 8 Legendary Lords across 4 iconic races from the world of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, players must succeed in performing a series of powerful arcane rituals in order to stabilise or disrupt The Great Vortex, while foiling the progress of the other races. Each Legendary Lord has a unique geographical starting position, and each race offers a distinctive new playstyle with unique campaign mechanics, narrative, methods of war, armies, monsters, Lores of Magic, legendary characters, and staggering new battlefield army abilities. Shortly after launch, owners of both the original game and Total War™ WARHAMMER II will gain access to the colossal third campaign. Exploring a single open-world epic map covering the Old World and the New World, players may embark on monumental campaigns as any owned Race from both titles. Conquer the world, together Each of the Races in Total War™ WARHAMMER II will be playable in single and multiplayer campaign, plus custom and multiplayer battles. As the two Legendary Lords for each race all have their own unique campaign start positions, you’ll be able to play a 2-player co-op campaign as the same race. If you own both parts 1 and 2, you’ll be able to play in multiplayer as any of the races you own. The World of Total War: WARHAMMER II Millennia ago, besieged by a Chaos invasion, a conclave of High Elf mages forged a vast, arcane vortex. Its purpose was to draw the Winds of Magic from the world as a sinkhole drains an ocean, and blast the Daemonic hordes back to the Realm of Chaos. Now the Great Vortex falters, and the world again stands at the brink of ruin. Powerful forces move to heal the maelstrom and avert catastrophe. Yet others seek to harness its terrible energies for their own bitter purpose. The race is on, and the very fate of the world will lie in the hands of the victor. Prince Tyrion, Defender of Ulthuan, guides the High Elves in their desperate efforts to stabilise the vortex as it roils above their home continent. Atop his palanquin-throne, the Slann Mage-Priest Mazdamundi directs his Lizardmen war-hosts as they surge northward from Lustria. He, too, is intent on preventing cataclysm, though the methods of The Old Ones must prevail. The Witch King Malekith and his sadistic Dark Elf hordes spew forth from Naggaroth and their labyrinthine Black Arks. He tastes great weakness in the vortex – and great opportunity in its demise. Meanwhile the Skaven, led by Queek Headtaker, stir in their foetid subterranean tunnels. There they multiply unchecked and look hungrily towards the surface, their motives obscured. The time for revelation is nigh… Four races, four outcomes, a single goal: control of the Great Vortex, for good or ill.

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume124.3k Steam reviewsTop 5% in Action
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 28%
Metacritic87/100Genre average 77 — top 11% of Action titles
Concurrent peak1.5k playersTop 8% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours161 h averageTop 2% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 1.4k
  • Fantasy · 851
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 708
  • RTS · 702
  • Grand Strategy · 668
  • War · 537
  • Multiplayer · 468
  • Games Workshop · 448
  • Action · 370
  • Turn-Based · 333
  • Singleplayer · 331
  • Dark Fantasy · 297
  • Co-op · 279
  • Tactical · 265
  • Real Time Tactics · 250

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Czech
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Turkish
  • Simplified Chinese

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 124.3k reviews

114.3k positive · 9.9k negative

Metacritic

87/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.9/10

Curator recommendations

87.6k

Peak concurrent players

1.5k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • LAN PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • LAN Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Input & Comfort

  • Camera Comfort

Other

  • Single-player

Press Quotes

“Four fun, distinct factions and a story-driven campaign in Total War: Warhammer 2 set a new bar for the series” 9.1 – IGN “Warhammer 2 is Total War perfected” Recommended – Eurogamer “A maximalist sequel that improves on almost every aspect of the first game.” 92/100 – PC Gamer

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Engagement Profile

All-time avg

161h

extensive (100+ hours)

Median

44h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

9h

Current engagement

Achievements

152

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateSep 28, 2017
DeveloperCREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
PublisherSEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Base price$14.99 -75%
DLC / Add-ons22 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners10M–100M
External linksMetacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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