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Total War: EMPIRE - Definitive Edition

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App ID 10500
App Type Game
Store Name Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Developer , ,
Publisher SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Franchise Total War
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Warscape Engine
Last Changenumber 39323160
Last Record Update 29 September 2026 – 23:11:27 UTC ()
Release Date 4 March 2009 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
😎 88.95%
38k reviews
1,412
In-Game
+10
💡 Strategy 📜 Historical 🪖 Military 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy

Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Additional Information

Developer CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
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InstallScript installscript.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
g4w_Type 2
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RetailAutoStart Yes
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RequireNTFSPartition Yes
Publisher SEGA
Store Release Date 4 March 2009 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
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Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 4 March 2009 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 18 November 2022 – 10:44:43 UTC () (1668768283)
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schinese全面战争：帝国 - 终极版
tchinese全軍破敵：帝國－終極版
koreana토탈워: 엠파이어 - 데피니티브 에디션
review_score 8
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Detected Technologies Warscape Engine, Bink_Video SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, Lua SDK, Miles_Sound_System SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • steam_machine_compatibility: 2
  • test_timestamp: 31 January 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4335340
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:42:17 UTC (), in changelist #196282
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

8 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 📜 Historical 🪖 Military 🛡️ Grand Strategy 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy ⚔️ War 🤔 Tactical 🌐 RTS 🕹️ Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer 🎲 Turn-Based 🚢 Naval ▶️ Real Time Tactics 💥 Action 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 🌫 Atmospheric 🕒 Classic 🗺️ Adventure 👊 Violent

Categories

Single-player Online PvP LAN PvP Online Co-op LAN Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Stats Family Sharing Multi-player PvP Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Accessibility Categories

Camera Comfort Custom Volume Controls Stereo Sound Playable without Timed Input Adjustable Difficulty Save Anytime

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Steam charts

  • 1,412 players right now
  • 2,706 24-hour peak
  • 27,559 all-time peak 18 March 2009
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  • 8 24-hour peak
  • 3,101 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 88.95% SteamDB Rating
  • 34,640 90.6% positive reviews
  • 3,573 9.4% negative reviews

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How many players are playing Total War: EMPIRE - Definitive Edition right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 1412 players live playing Total War: EMPIRE - Definitive Edition on Steam.

Total War: EMPIRE - Definitive Edition had an all-time peak of 27559 concurrent players on 18 March 2009.

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