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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Total War: PHARAOH is a 2023 Action and Strategy game priced at $7.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 5416 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

43
playing now
63%
positive of 5.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
39/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
19
Nexus mods (2.6k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$7.99
steam price (US)

43 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Total War: PHARAOH trailer thumbnail

Total War: PHARAOH - Announce Trailer

≈893,536 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 43 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 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 108k–244k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,416 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.70 at GameBillet (2026-09-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 47 of 81 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

68152026-09-14 22:00 — 47 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 18 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 51 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 43 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 30 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 35 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 24 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 44 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 18 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 28 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 68 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 30 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 25 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 50 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 44 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 25 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 61 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 46 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 43 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k37Oct 2023Aug 2026Oct 2023 — avg 1,861 · peak 4,858Nov 2023 — avg 644 · peak 1,603Dec 2023 — avg 456 · peak 891Jan 2024 — avg 560 · peak 1,415Feb 2024 — avg 520 · peak 1,174Mar 2024 — avg 434 · peak 883Apr 2024 — avg 317 · peak 631May 2024 — avg 501 · peak 1,127Jun 2024 — avg 404 · peak 865Jul 2024 — avg 530 · peak 1,092Aug 2024 — avg 130 · peak 338Sep 2024 — avg 81 · peak 194Oct 2024 — avg 64 · peak 135Nov 2024 — avg 90 · peak 224Dec 2024 — avg 97 · peak 192Jan 2025 — avg 90 · peak 202Feb 2025 — avg 82 · peak 156Mar 2025 — avg 70 · peak 159Apr 2025 — avg 53 · peak 102May 2025 — avg 57 · peak 143Jun 2025 — avg 126 · peak 322Jul 2025 — avg 101 · peak 246Aug 2025 — avg 67 · peak 183Sep 2025 — avg 66 · peak 165Oct 2025 — avg 67 · peak 142Nov 2025 — avg 59 · peak 142Dec 2025 — avg 85 · peak 196Jan 2026 — avg 64 · peak 152Feb 2026 — avg 54 · peak 131Mar 2026 — avg 47 · peak 117Apr 2026 — avg 52 · peak 127May 2026 — avg 45 · peak 93Jun 2026 — avg 37 · peak 91Jul 2026 — avg 50 · peak 102Aug 2026 — avg 48 · peak 114
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$6.702023-05-232026-09-302023-05-23 — 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 $7.162026-09-30 — best price $6.70
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5261692026-05-29 — 209 pageviews2026-06-02 — 208 pageviews2026-06-06 — 306 pageviews2026-06-10 — 238 pageviews2026-06-14 — 235 pageviews2026-06-18 — 174 pageviews2026-06-22 — 526 pageviews2026-06-26 — 257 pageviews2026-06-30 — 237 pageviews2026-07-04 — 241 pageviews2026-07-08 — 235 pageviews2026-07-12 — 266 pageviews2026-07-16 — 199 pageviews2026-07-20 — 290 pageviews2026-07-24 — 282 pageviews2026-07-28 — 407 pageviews2026-08-01 — 273 pageviews2026-08-05 — 258 pageviews2026-08-09 — 278 pageviews2026-08-13 — 251 pageviews2026-08-17 — 312 pageviews2026-08-21 — 262 pageviews2026-08-25 — 251 pageviews2026-08-29 — 245 pageviews2026-09-02 — 216 pageviews2026-09-06 — 208 pageviews2026-09-10 — 177 pageviews2026-09-14 — 208 pageviews2026-09-18 — 234 pageviews2026-09-22 — 206 pageviews2026-09-26 — 231 pageviews2026-09-30 — 206 pageviews2026-10-04 — 222 pageviews2026-10-08 — 196 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-10-11, latest 2024-02-29 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

4XPvPRTSWarActionStrategyTacticalCapitalismHistoricalManagement

Census log

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

Recent updates

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