Total War: WARHAMMER III
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ActionStrategyTurn-Based StrategyGrand StrategyRTSFantasyReal Time Tactics

19,378 playing#51 on Steam by players#51 on Steam

Peak in the last 24 hours: 38,331

Peak in the last 7 days: 49,763

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Game description

The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?

Basic info

DeveloperCREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive
PublisherSEGA, Feral Interactive
PlatformsWindows · macOS · Linux
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateFeb 16, 2022
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i3/Ryzen 3 series
Memory6 GB
GraphicsNvidia GTX 900/AMD RX 400 series | Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Storage120 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 388 reviews from the past 1 year

65.5/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (72%)

Metacritic: 86 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

Spectacular battles meet a pile of locked factions in Total War: WARHAMMER III, which holds 65.5 from 151,312 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

91 reviews say they enjoy the battles, the most upvoted pointing to a lot of variety in lords and factions, and 25 praise the strategic depth and range of playstyles. Content Volume ranks 150th of 1351 and Story & World 208th of 1096. Players praise the immersive atmosphere of the Chaos realms and describe replay value across thousands of hours. Visuals & Sound ranks 440th of 1249, and players say the Chaos worlds look and sound exactly as intended.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness ranks 1364th of 1399 and comes up in 57% of analyzed reviews. 134 reviews object to factions locked behind earlier games and DLC purchases. Tech & Support ranks 1300th of 1399: 54 criticize developer support, some citing broken promises, and 33 describe long standing bugs. Others say the AI cheats and alliances are broken. A few also say performance has suffered with updates.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“battles are amazing with lots of variability in lords and factions” · 91 reviews
“far more diversity in playstyle than usual in total war games” · 25 reviews
“phenomenal content for modding and gameplay” · 18 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +3.23 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “far more diversity in playstyle than usual in total war games” · 25 reviews
Negative “gameplay feels like regression compared to Warhammer 2” · 3 reviews

Progression 5% · Difficulty 7% · Onboarding 6% · Freedom 6% · Controls & feel 4%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.77 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “love the Warhammer setting and world” · 10 reviews

Story 3% · Characters 1%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.94 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “phenomenal content for modding and gameplay” · 18 reviews
Negative “end-game slog, single-player nemesis of the genre” · 1 review

Variety 12% · Replayability 8%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 12% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.32 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “atmosphere of Chaos worlds looks and sounds exactly as intended, very immersive” · 18 reviews
Negative “уродские анимации и отсутствие дуэлей, деградировали до уровня 2000 года” · 1 review

Audio 3%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 12% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +1.98 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “great time playing single and with friends” · 4 reviews

Community 6% · Servers & Connection 1%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 57% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -1.59 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “almost every faction locked behind previous games and DLC purchases” · 134 reviews
Positive “DLC pricing justified by content volume and development costs” · 4 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 22% · Matchmaking 1%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.92 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “broken promises, lied about code branching fixes, abandoned support” · 54 reviews
Positive “developers bounce back and respond to everything” · 3 reviews

Stability 24% · Performance 9%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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