Total War: Warhammer II
- Developer
- The Creative Assembly
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- 28 September 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £9.99
Platforms: Linux, PC, macOS
Genres: real time strategy rts , strategy
Total War: Warhammer II is a strategy game of titanic proportions. Choose from four unique, varied factions and wage war your way; mounting a campaign of conquest to save or destroy a vast and vivid fantasy world. This is a game of two halves: one a turn-based open-world campaign, and the other intense, tactical real-time battles across the fantastical landscapes of the New World.
Best gaming PC for Total War: Warhammer II in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Total War: Warhammer II today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 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 7 64Bit | Windows 7 / 8 (8.1) / 10 64Bit |
| CPU | Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 3.0Ghz | Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz |
| RAM | 5 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GTX 460 1GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB | Intel HD4000 @720p | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB | AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB @1080p |
| Storage | 60 GB | 60 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Total War: Warhammer II?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel® Core™ i5-4570 3.20GHz and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4GB | AMD Radeon R9 290X 4GB @1080p, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.