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Total Annihilation

Cavedog Entertainment · Wargaming.net · 2015-12-18

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 30, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 1997 (Mac)

What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

Total Annihilation is a Strategy game released in 2015 for $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 3769 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

90
playing now
96%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
IGDB user rating (69 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

90 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Total Annihilation is a science fiction real-time strategy video game released in September 1997 for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS by Cavedog Entertainment and distributed internationally by GT Interactive. Two expansion packs were released in 1998, The Core Contingency on April 29 and Battle Tactics on July 20, while a medieval-themed spin-off called Total Annihilation: Kingdoms was released on June 25, 1999.

Trailer

Total Annihilation trailer thumbnail

Total Annihilation Intro (brighter)

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 90 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 159 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 14,091 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 94k–226k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,769 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.26 at Steam (2015-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

136562026-09-15 14:00 — 91 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 104 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 65 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 122 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 126 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 57 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 94 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 125 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 84 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 85 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 114 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 65 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 74 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 120 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 97 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 69 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 111 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 96 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 56 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 124 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 123 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 69 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 90 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
25339Dec 2015Aug 2026Dec 2015 — avg 253 · peak 608Apr 2016 — avg 43 · peak 90Aug 2016 — avg 41 · peak 82Dec 2016 — avg 59 · peak 141Apr 2017 — avg 55 · peak 106Aug 2017 — avg 40 · peak 78Dec 2017 — avg 47 · peak 99Apr 2018 — avg 55 · peak 101Aug 2018 — avg 54 · peak 100Dec 2018 — avg 69 · peak 135Apr 2019 — avg 56 · peak 109Aug 2019 — avg 64 · peak 114Dec 2019 — avg 82 · peak 147Apr 2020 — avg 126 · peak 222Aug 2020 — avg 97 · peak 176Dec 2020 — avg 102 · peak 175Apr 2021 — avg 93 · peak 165Aug 2021 — avg 88 · peak 140Dec 2021 — avg 99 · peak 173Apr 2022 — avg 89 · peak 175Aug 2022 — avg 88 · peak 140Dec 2022 — avg 97 · peak 174Apr 2023 — avg 95 · peak 164Aug 2023 — avg 93 · peak 170Dec 2023 — avg 96 · peak 187Apr 2024 — avg 95 · peak 172Aug 2024 — avg 95 · peak 165Dec 2024 — avg 102 · peak 182Apr 2025 — avg 99 · peak 178Aug 2025 — avg 94 · peak 160Dec 2025 — avg 95 · peak 173Apr 2026 — avg 99 · peak 181Aug 2026 — avg 97 · peak 165
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.13$0.262015-04-132026-02-262015-04-13 — best price $4.992015-06-18 — best price $7.902015-12-22 — best price $0.262016-05-06 — best price $7.202016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-10-07 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $1.242017-01-02 — best price $4.992017-05-11 — best price $1.242018-06-21 — best price $2.492018-08-02 — best price $4.992018-11-15 — best price $1.242018-11-28 — best price $4.992019-01-10 — best price $2.242019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-07-18 — best price $2.492019-09-12 — best price $4.992019-11-21 — best price $1.742019-12-19 — best price $2.742020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-08-28 — best price $2.742020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-09-25 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $1.742022-02-03 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-02-16 — best price $0.742023-08-08 — best price $4.992025-02-20 — best price $0.992026-02-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2171022026-05-30 — 118 pageviews2026-06-03 — 128 pageviews2026-06-07 — 117 pageviews2026-06-11 — 102 pageviews2026-06-15 — 159 pageviews2026-06-19 — 118 pageviews2026-06-23 — 154 pageviews2026-06-27 — 160 pageviews2026-07-01 — 153 pageviews2026-07-05 — 156 pageviews2026-07-09 — 161 pageviews2026-07-13 — 138 pageviews2026-07-17 — 125 pageviews2026-07-21 — 115 pageviews2026-07-25 — 147 pageviews2026-07-29 — 182 pageviews2026-08-02 — 131 pageviews2026-08-06 — 179 pageviews2026-08-10 — 160 pageviews2026-08-14 — 146 pageviews2026-08-18 — 182 pageviews2026-08-22 — 210 pageviews2026-08-26 — 200 pageviews2026-08-30 — 180 pageviews2026-09-03 — 143 pageviews2026-09-07 — 138 pageviews2026-09-11 — 155 pageviews2026-09-15 — 137 pageviews2026-09-19 — 153 pageviews2026-09-23 — 203 pageviews2026-09-27 — 176 pageviews2026-10-01 — 176 pageviews2026-10-05 — 184 pageviews2026-10-08 — 149 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSCo-opRetro1990'sActionRobotsSci-fiClassicStrategyTop-Down

Census log

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

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