Total War: Pharaoh
- Developer
- CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- 11 October 2023
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £29.99
Platforms: PC, macOS
Genres: strategy
Total War: Pharaoh features a choice of eight faction leaders from three rich cultural hubs, with unique playstyles and diverse unit rosters. Whether you’re charming the courts as a peerless diplomat, charging into battle as an unwavering commander or causing chaos as a fearless warlord, become a leader that history will remember.
Best gaming PC for Total War: Pharaoh in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Total War: Pharaoh today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Sega on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-Bit | Windows 10 64-Bit |
| CPU | Intel i3-2100 / AMD FX-4300 | Intel i5-6600/Ryzen 5 2600X |
| RAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 / AMD R9 270 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti / AMD RX 480 |
| Storage | 50 GB | 50 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Total War: Pharaoh?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i5-6600/Ryzen 5 2600X and your GPU is at or above Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti / AMD RX 480, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.