Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
90.7Rating
0Content
30Achievements
About This Game
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition is a strategy game with both single-player and multiplayer modes, developed by CREATIVE ASSEMBLY and Feral Interactive (Mac) and Feral Interactive (Linux) and released in 2009. With an estimated 2.1 million copies sold, it is considered a major commercial success on Steam. With 37.2k reviews on Steam, it stands as one of the more actively reviewed titles on Steam. Community ratings across Steam average 90.7/100 — a exceptional reception overall. Players commonly describe it as Strategy, Historical, Military, Grand Strategy and Turn-Based Strategy.
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90.7
Overall Score / 100
9.1/10
Steam (37151 rev)
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Game Information
Release Date
March 4, 2009
Developer
CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Publisher
SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Linux
Price
$24.99
Analytics & Metrics
Copies Sold (VISE)
2.1M
(1.7M - 2.5M) VRI ScoreLearning
69.8
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Genres & Categories
Genres
Strategy
Categories
Single-player
Multi-player
PvP
Online PvP
LAN PvP
Co-op
Online Co-op
LAN Co-op
Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Camera Comfort
Custom Volume Controls
Adjustable Difficulty
Playable without Timed Input
Save Anytime
Stereo Sound
Stats
Family Sharing
Tags
Strategy
Historical
Military
Grand Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy
War
Tactical
RTS
Multiplayer
Singleplayer
Turn-Based
Naval
America
Real Time Tactics
Great Soundtrack
Action
Turn-Based Tactics
Atmospheric
Classic
Adventure
Supported Languages
Text Only
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish - Spain
Russian
Polish
Czech
System Requirements
🪟 Windows
🍎 Mac
🐧 Linux
Minimum
Recommended
- Supported OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™
- Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® or greater or AMD® Athlon® equivalent CPU
- Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP,) 2 GB RAM (Vista™)
- Graphics: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible hardware accelerated video card with shader version 2.0 support, 256 MB video memory
- Display: Minimum screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels
- Sound: Directx9.0c compatible sound card
- Hard Drive: 15 GB free hard disk space formatted as NTFS
- Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard
Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.
- OS: macOS 10.15
- Processor: 1.1 GHZ Intel Core M or greater
- Hard Disk Space: 22GB
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512MB, AMD Radeon R9 M290, Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Hard Disk Space: 24GB
- Additional Notes: The game is officially supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
- * All 13” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012
- * All 15” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012
- * All 12” MacBooks released since Early 2016
- * All MacBook Airs released since Mid 2012
- * All Mac minis released since Late 2012
- * All 21.5” iMacs released since Late 2012
- * All 27” iMacs released since Late 2012 *
- * All 27" iMac Pros released since Late 2017
- * All Mac Pros released since Late 2013
* 2017 and 2019 models with an AMD Radeon Pro 570, 575, 580, 570X, 575X, 580X require macOS 10.15.2 for official support.
NOTE: ONLINE MULTIPLAYER IS NOT AVAILABLE ON macOS
Pre 10.15 Users:
Players using a version of OS X before 10.15 can access a compatible version of the game via the Beta tab in the game’s properties window. Select the ‘Mac_Retail_1.4 - macOS 10.14.6 or older only' branch for a version that is compatible with 10.9.5 up to 10.14.6.Minimum:
- OS: Steam OS or Ubuntu 14.04.1 (64 bit required)
- Processor: 2GHz
- Memory: 4GB Memory
- Graphics: 512MB*
- Hard Drive:18GB HD space
- Other Requirements: Nvidia 600 series+, AMD 6000 series+, Intel Iris Pro.
- IMPORTANT: Requires 64bit OS to play.
Recommended:
- OS: Steam OS or Ubuntu 14.04.1 (64 bit required)
- Processor: 3 GHz
- Memory: 8GB Memory
- Graphics: 1GB*
- Hard Drive: 18GB HD space
- Other Requirements: Nvidia 700 series+, AMD R7 series+
- IMPORTANT: Requires 64bit OS to play.
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