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A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · SEGA · 2018-05-02

Steam

ActionStrategy

Franchise: Total War · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 02, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 02, 2018 (Mac), May 02, 2018 (Linux)

From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?

A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA is an Action, Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 14896 reviews).

200
playing now
71%
positive of 15k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

200 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega, released on 3 May 2018 for Windows. The game was brought to macOS and Linux by Feral Interactive on 24 May 2018 and 7 June 2018 respectively. It is the twelfth game in the Total War series of video games.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 200 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 390 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,822 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 373k–896k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,928 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 50 of 82 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20182026Week of 2018-05-01: 1,686 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,136 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3691142026-09-15 12:00 — 188 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 277 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 117 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 305 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 369 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 155 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 176 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 270 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 168 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 212 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 251 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 187 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 132 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 250 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 295 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 156 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 259 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 254 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 142 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 303 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 339 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 152 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 200 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.0k0Nov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2018 — avg 4 · peak 29Jun 2018 — avg 1,552 · peak 3,553Sep 2018 — avg 1,109 · peak 2,226Dec 2018 — avg 1,173 · peak 2,426Mar 2019 — avg 991 · peak 2,439Jun 2019 — avg 504 · peak 989Sep 2019 — avg 650 · peak 2,389Dec 2019 — avg 765 · peak 1,524Mar 2020 — avg 692 · peak 1,461Jun 2020 — avg 656 · peak 1,270Sep 2020 — avg 429 · peak 753Dec 2020 — avg 607 · peak 1,289Mar 2021 — avg 461 · peak 828Jun 2021 — avg 397 · peak 804Sep 2021 — avg 429 · peak 1,119Dec 2021 — avg 538 · peak 1,068Mar 2022 — avg 521 · peak 1,027Jun 2022 — avg 367 · peak 695Sep 2022 — avg 325 · peak 603Dec 2022 — avg 398 · peak 700Mar 2023 — avg 345 · peak 633Jun 2023 — avg 323 · peak 595Sep 2023 — avg 296 · peak 604Dec 2023 — avg 324 · peak 598Mar 2024 — avg 307 · peak 595Jun 2024 — avg 261 · peak 478Sep 2024 — avg 262 · peak 495Dec 2024 — avg 282 · peak 525Mar 2025 — avg 264 · peak 515Jun 2025 — avg 303 · peak 596Sep 2025 — avg 317 · peak 646Dec 2025 — avg 320 · peak 632Mar 2026 — avg 245 · peak 472Jun 2026 — avg 216 · peak 416Aug 2026 — avg 259 · peak 504
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
772026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 1 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 2 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 2 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 2 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$7.202018-02-012026-08-212018-02-01 — best price $31.992018-05-23 — best price $35.192018-10-30 — best price $39.992019-02-25 — best price $26.792019-08-12 — best price $13.592019-12-04 — best price $33.992020-01-30 — best price $33.892020-03-23 — best price $39.992020-06-15 — best price $31.912020-07-26 — best price $33.892020-08-26 — best price $33.892020-09-25 — best price $33.892020-11-01 — best price $33.892020-12-01 — best price $32.882021-01-12 — best price $33.892021-02-11 — best price $11.502021-03-15 — best price $33.892021-04-14 — best price $33.892021-05-17 — best price $32.882021-09-23 — best price $8.382022-02-03 — best price $32.892022-10-18 — best price $34.992023-03-25 — best price $31.992023-09-07 — best price $35.672023-12-26 — best price $9.202024-06-01 — best price $39.992024-11-18 — best price $39.992025-02-10 — best price $39.992025-05-19 — best price $9.192025-08-28 — best price $9.992025-12-23 — best price $8.992026-03-09 — best price $9.192026-05-18 — best price $7.592026-08-13 — best price $7.992026-08-21 — best price $7.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

161562026-05-30 — 59 pageviews2026-06-03 — 68 pageviews2026-06-07 — 107 pageviews2026-06-11 — 69 pageviews2026-06-15 — 72 pageviews2026-06-19 — 73 pageviews2026-06-23 — 57 pageviews2026-06-27 — 94 pageviews2026-07-01 — 92 pageviews2026-07-05 — 91 pageviews2026-07-09 — 94 pageviews2026-07-13 — 102 pageviews2026-07-17 — 96 pageviews2026-07-21 — 83 pageviews2026-07-25 — 104 pageviews2026-07-29 — 109 pageviews2026-08-02 — 112 pageviews2026-08-06 — 89 pageviews2026-08-10 — 104 pageviews2026-08-14 — 130 pageviews2026-08-18 — 127 pageviews2026-08-22 — 121 pageviews2026-08-26 — 101 pageviews2026-08-30 — 95 pageviews2026-09-03 — 78 pageviews2026-09-07 — 88 pageviews2026-09-11 — 65 pageviews2026-09-15 — 99 pageviews2026-09-19 — 106 pageviews2026-09-23 — 86 pageviews2026-09-27 — 103 pageviews2026-10-01 — 64 pageviews2026-10-05 — 90 pageviews2026-10-09 — 90 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

602026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
24.6%
earned "Traitor's Fate"
6.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsCamera Comfort1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-08-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8521%137

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarCo-opActionVikingsMedievalMilitaryStrategyTacticalHistorical

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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