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Total War: PHARAOH

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · SEGA · 2023-10-11

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ActionStrategy

Franchise: Total War · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 11, 2023 (Mac)

In Total War: PHARAOH, the newest entry in the award-winning grand strategy series, immerse yourself in ancient Egypt at the zenith of its power and experience the dramatic events that threaten its destruction.

46
playing now
63%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
39/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

46 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Total War: Pharaoh is a turn-based strategy real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly Sofia and published by Sega. Part of the Total War series, Pharaoh is set in the New Kingdom of Egypt and its surrounding areas before the Late Bronze Age collapse. The game was released for Windows PC and macOS on October 11, 2023. Feral Interactive publishes the game's macOS version.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 46 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 132 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,503 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 108k–243k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,411 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$7.16-82%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.16-82%
GreenManGaming$7.20-82%
Gamesplanet$7.79-81%
Humble Store$7.99-80%
Steam$7.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.16 at GameBillet (2026-05-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 47 of 84 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
84784720232026Week of 2023-10-01: 847 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 656 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

90192026-08-07 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 59 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 32 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 50 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 29 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 46 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 59 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 53 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 33 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 67 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 39 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 72 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 56 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 72 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 46 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$7.162023-05-232026-08-242023-05-23 — best price $59.992023-10-11 — best price $59.992023-12-14 — best price $34.792024-02-13 — best price $34.792024-04-11 — best price $37.792024-05-15 — best price $34.692024-06-28 — best price $23.822024-07-31 — best price $34.692024-09-30 — best price $24.392024-11-11 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992024-12-23 — best price $37.992025-01-25 — best price $18.992025-02-05 — best price $35.142025-03-13 — best price $19.992025-04-14 — best price $17.992025-04-27 — best price $39.992025-05-23 — best price $19.392025-06-26 — best price $8.962025-08-04 — best price $9.192025-08-28 — best price $9.992025-10-09 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $39.992025-11-20 — best price $8.802025-12-19 — best price $10.002026-01-21 — best price $9.392026-02-12 — best price $9.192026-03-04 — best price $34.782026-03-31 — best price $37.792026-04-26 — best price $39.992026-05-23 — best price $8.002026-07-01 — best price $8.002026-07-23 — best price $39.992026-08-16 — best price $7.992026-08-24 — best price $7.16
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5261732026-05-29 — 209 pageviews2026-06-01 — 215 pageviews2026-06-04 — 226 pageviews2026-06-07 — 303 pageviews2026-06-10 — 238 pageviews2026-06-13 — 216 pageviews2026-06-16 — 173 pageviews2026-06-19 — 194 pageviews2026-06-22 — 526 pageviews2026-06-25 — 231 pageviews2026-06-28 — 283 pageviews2026-07-01 — 240 pageviews2026-07-04 — 241 pageviews2026-07-07 — 240 pageviews2026-07-10 — 233 pageviews2026-07-13 — 257 pageviews2026-07-16 — 199 pageviews2026-07-19 — 281 pageviews2026-07-22 — 313 pageviews2026-07-25 — 296 pageviews2026-07-28 — 407 pageviews2026-07-31 — 268 pageviews2026-08-03 — 294 pageviews2026-08-06 — 259 pageviews2026-08-09 — 278 pageviews2026-08-12 — 245 pageviews2026-08-15 — 354 pageviews2026-08-18 — 286 pageviews2026-08-21 — 262 pageviews2026-08-24 — 255 pageviews2026-08-26 — 271 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
13.8%
earned "Small But Mighty"
2.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume Controls2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6072%76

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

Player tags

4XPvPRTSWarActionStrategyTacticalCapitalismHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

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