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Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition cover art

Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · SEGA · 2009-03-04

Steam

Strategy

Franchise: Total War · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 04, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 10, 2014 (Mac), Dec 08, 2014 (Linux), Nov 21, 2024 (Android), Nov 21, 2024 (iOS)

Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

1,953
playing now
91%
positive of 38k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
90/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (161 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

1,953 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Empire: Total War is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The fifth instalment in the Total War series, the game was released in 2009. The game, which focuses on the early modern period of the 18th century, was announced at the Leipzig Games Convention in August 2007. Feral Interactive released the game for OS X and Linux in 2014, and for Android and iOS in 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,953 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 985 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~123/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 38,034 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.46-82%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.08 at GamesPlanet FR (2016-12-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 40 of 86 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34434420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.2k1.2k2026-08-06 21:00 — 2,588 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,255 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,175 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,763 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,586 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,516 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,897 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,636 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,833 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 3,045 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,244 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,061 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 2,413 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,224 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,090 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 2,186 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1,249 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,469 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 3,234 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,359 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,909 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2,903 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,720 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2,403 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 2,828 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,632 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,714 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,774 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,953 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$40.99$2.282015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-05-25 — best price $19.992016-01-11 — best price $8.732016-07-26 — best price $19.992017-02-10 — best price $4.252017-09-07 — best price $4.992018-02-26 — best price $4.882018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $6.242019-08-21 — best price $6.242020-01-18 — best price $24.992020-03-25 — best price $22.392020-06-25 — best price $6.242020-08-07 — best price $22.392020-09-15 — best price $24.992020-10-29 — best price $22.392020-12-04 — best price $24.992021-01-24 — best price $22.392021-03-05 — best price $24.992021-04-12 — best price $22.392021-05-21 — best price $22.392021-10-11 — best price $22.392022-05-26 — best price $22.392023-01-05 — best price $22.492023-08-04 — best price $22.392024-02-03 — best price $24.992024-08-09 — best price $22.992025-01-27 — best price $24.992025-05-19 — best price $5.742025-10-09 — best price $6.242026-02-03 — best price $5.872026-04-27 — best price $22.392026-08-03 — best price $4.622026-08-21 — best price $4.46
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2181042026-05-29 — 123 pageviews2026-06-01 — 166 pageviews2026-06-04 — 131 pageviews2026-06-07 — 166 pageviews2026-06-10 — 133 pageviews2026-06-13 — 130 pageviews2026-06-16 — 135 pageviews2026-06-19 — 104 pageviews2026-06-22 — 136 pageviews2026-06-25 — 132 pageviews2026-06-28 — 171 pageviews2026-07-01 — 134 pageviews2026-07-04 — 165 pageviews2026-07-07 — 172 pageviews2026-07-10 — 174 pageviews2026-07-13 — 168 pageviews2026-07-16 — 144 pageviews2026-07-19 — 187 pageviews2026-07-22 — 188 pageviews2026-07-25 — 163 pageviews2026-07-28 — 140 pageviews2026-07-31 — 146 pageviews2026-08-03 — 162 pageviews2026-08-06 — 129 pageviews2026-08-09 — 135 pageviews2026-08-12 — 169 pageviews2026-08-15 — 146 pageviews2026-08-18 — 162 pageviews2026-08-21 — 164 pageviews2026-08-24 — 181 pageviews2026-08-26 — 159 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1102026-08-27 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Founding Father"
6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish, Czech

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RTSWarNavalActionAmericaMilitaryStrategyTacticalHistoricalTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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