Total War: Warhammer II
- Developer
- The Creative Assembly
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- 28 September 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £39.99
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
£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 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 18 May 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, see the tier picks above.
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