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Total War: WARHAMMER II

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · SEGA · 2017-09-28

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ActionStrategy

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

Releases: Nov 20, 2018 (Linux), Sep 28, 2017 (Mac), Sep 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The forces of Lustria await your command. Choose your Legendary Lord, expand your armies, forge alliances in a strategic turn-based campaign, and unleash the might of your monstrous forces in fast-paced real-time battles.

959
playing now
93%
positive of 121k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (105 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Total War: Warhammer II is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is part of the Total War series and the sequel to 2016's Total War: Warhammer. The game is set in Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe. The game was released for Windows-based PCs on 28 September 2017. Feral Interactive released the game on macOS and Linux on 20 November 2018. Total War: Warhammer II was succeeded by Total War: Warhammer III, which was released in February 2022.

Trailer

Total War: WARHAMMER II trailer thumbnail

Total War: Warhammer II - Announcement Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 959 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 585 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~73/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,496 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 3.0M–7.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 121,439 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$13.46-78%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.46-78%
GreenManGaming$13.50-77%
Gamesplanet$14.49-76%
WinGameStore$14.89-75%
Humble Store$14.99-75%
Steam$14.99-75%
Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.26 at AllYouPlay (2020-02-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 47 of 90 observed days · $54.73 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.3k5.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,199 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,813 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2,290 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 964 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4,385 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5,313 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2,773 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,756 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,615 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,306 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,614 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2,440 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,993 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,177 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 901 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,567 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2,505 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,367 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,805 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2,108 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,520 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,003 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,150 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,550 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,225 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,102 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,480 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,206 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,353 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 519 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k5152026-08-06 21:00 — 970 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 552 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 952 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,052 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 716 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,114 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,223 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 759 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,198 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,213 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 574 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 956 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 991 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 536 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 902 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 920 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 626 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 1,276 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,520 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 756 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 934 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 1,293 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 924 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 1,217 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,399 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 839 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 859 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,316 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 959 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002017-06-122026-08-272017-06-12 — best price $47.992017-10-05 — best price $59.992018-01-01 — best price $50.992018-03-25 — best price $59.992018-06-12 — best price $44.202018-11-02 — best price $40.192019-02-04 — best price $29.992019-07-10 — best price $59.992019-12-12 — best price $20.392020-01-31 — best price $50.782020-04-16 — best price $20.392020-07-10 — best price $59.992020-08-15 — best price $59.992020-09-21 — best price $59.992020-11-09 — best price $59.992020-12-14 — best price $50.882021-02-02 — best price $59.992021-03-16 — best price $50.882021-04-23 — best price $50.882021-06-11 — best price $47.852022-01-30 — best price $59.992022-06-30 — best price $18.992022-11-29 — best price $47.902023-06-29 — best price $17.352023-12-01 — best price $53.872024-06-01 — best price $53.992024-10-28 — best price $14.992025-01-30 — best price $13.402025-04-09 — best price $59.992025-08-28 — best price $14.992025-12-12 — best price $53.352026-03-26 — best price $59.992026-07-17 — best price $53.352026-08-27 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

200592026-05-29 — 98 pageviews2026-06-01 — 87 pageviews2026-06-04 — 93 pageviews2026-06-07 — 117 pageviews2026-06-10 — 81 pageviews2026-06-13 — 74 pageviews2026-06-16 — 79 pageviews2026-06-19 — 68 pageviews2026-06-22 — 59 pageviews2026-06-25 — 108 pageviews2026-06-28 — 102 pageviews2026-07-01 — 113 pageviews2026-07-04 — 92 pageviews2026-07-07 — 100 pageviews2026-07-10 — 90 pageviews2026-07-13 — 107 pageviews2026-07-16 — 64 pageviews2026-07-19 — 87 pageviews2026-07-22 — 82 pageviews2026-07-25 — 84 pageviews2026-07-28 — 104 pageviews2026-07-31 — 65 pageviews2026-08-03 — 79 pageviews2026-08-06 — 83 pageviews2026-08-09 — 86 pageviews2026-08-12 — 85 pageviews2026-08-15 — 135 pageviews2026-08-18 — 112 pageviews2026-08-21 — 114 pageviews2026-08-24 — 99 pageviews2026-08-25 — 106 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

302026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
72.2%
earned "Neophyte"
31.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading Cards23 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)39,0461%152
Windows (Xbox)5712%133

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

RTSWarCo-opActionFantasyStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedMultiplayerDark Fantasy

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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