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Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · SEGA · 2009-03-04

Steam

Strategy

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

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.

Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition is a Strategy game priced at $4.99, released in 2009, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 38111 reviews) sentiment.

1,471
playing now
91%
positive of 38k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

1,471 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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
  • · 1,471 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 1% of 14,241 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 38,243 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 36 of 79 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

3.4k1.2k2026-09-15 12:00 — 1,686 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 2,454 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,292 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 2,271 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 3,355 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,536 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 1,567 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 2,596 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,765 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,018 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2,598 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,795 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1,234 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,342 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2,667 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,271 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,055 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 2,372 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,198 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2,684 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 3,396 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,466 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,686 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 1,471 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.3k1.9kJul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 4,711 · peak 8,199Dec 2012 — avg 4,825 · peak 9,279May 2013 — avg 3,931 · peak 7,422Oct 2013 — avg 3,096 · peak 6,099Mar 2014 — avg 3,459 · peak 6,818Aug 2014 — avg 3,418 · peak 6,050Jan 2015 — avg 3,403 · peak 6,453Jun 2015 — avg 3,314 · peak 8,874Nov 2015 — avg 3,031 · peak 5,777Apr 2016 — avg 3,219 · peak 6,140Sep 2016 — avg 2,733 · peak 5,162Feb 2017 — avg 3,120 · peak 5,967Jul 2017 — avg 2,807 · peak 4,892Dec 2017 — avg 2,816 · peak 4,933May 2018 — avg 2,470 · peak 4,354Oct 2018 — avg 2,537 · peak 4,602Mar 2019 — avg 2,636 · peak 4,915Aug 2019 — avg 2,344 · peak 3,975Jan 2020 — avg 2,438 · peak 4,358Jun 2020 — avg 2,627 · peak 4,438Nov 2020 — avg 2,561 · peak 4,564Apr 2021 — avg 2,579 · peak 4,695Sep 2021 — avg 2,208 · peak 3,682Feb 2022 — avg 2,486 · peak 4,274Jul 2022 — avg 2,405 · peak 3,974Dec 2022 — avg 2,323 · peak 3,826May 2023 — avg 2,094 · peak 3,631Oct 2023 — avg 2,322 · peak 4,009Mar 2024 — avg 2,331 · peak 4,061Aug 2024 — avg 2,102 · peak 3,509Jan 2025 — avg 2,644 · peak 5,021Jun 2025 — avg 2,268 · peak 3,833Nov 2025 — avg 2,375 · peak 4,093Apr 2026 — avg 2,016 · peak 3,454Aug 2026 — avg 2,117 · peak 3,525
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
882026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 2 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 8 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 7 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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

2031152026-05-29 — 123 pageviews2026-06-02 — 183 pageviews2026-06-06 — 158 pageviews2026-06-10 — 133 pageviews2026-06-14 — 164 pageviews2026-06-18 — 120 pageviews2026-06-22 — 136 pageviews2026-06-26 — 167 pageviews2026-06-30 — 150 pageviews2026-07-04 — 165 pageviews2026-07-08 — 178 pageviews2026-07-12 — 191 pageviews2026-07-16 — 144 pageviews2026-07-20 — 203 pageviews2026-07-24 — 169 pageviews2026-07-28 — 140 pageviews2026-08-01 — 164 pageviews2026-08-05 — 145 pageviews2026-08-09 — 135 pageviews2026-08-13 — 171 pageviews2026-08-17 — 202 pageviews2026-08-21 — 164 pageviews2026-08-25 — 180 pageviews2026-08-29 — 155 pageviews2026-09-02 — 130 pageviews2026-09-06 — 162 pageviews2026-09-10 — 137 pageviews2026-09-14 — 116 pageviews2026-09-18 — 128 pageviews2026-09-22 — 128 pageviews2026-09-26 — 143 pageviews2026-09-30 — 136 pageviews2026-10-04 — 145 pageviews2026-10-07 — 140 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13002026-10-01 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 130 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 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.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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