Total War: EMPIRE - Definitive Edition

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App ID	10500
App Type	Game
Store Name	Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Developer	CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Publisher	SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Franchise	Total War
Supported Systems	Windows macOS Linux
Technologies	Warscape Engine
Last Changenumber	31756523
Last Record Update	19 October 2025 – 21:46:09 UTC ()
Release Date	4 March 2009 – 08:00:00 UTC ()

😎 88.98%

36k reviews

1,585

In-Game

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

Additional Information

Developer

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY

metacritic_url

pc/empiretotalwar

gamedir

Empire Total War

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Empire: Total War

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metacritic_score

NoServers

Yes

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10501

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developer_url

http://www.creative-assembly.co.uk/

community_visible_stats

Yes

InstallScript

installscript.vdf

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

g4w_Type

g4w_GDF

empire.exe

RetailAutoStart

Yes

suppressims

Yes

RequireNTFSPartition

Yes

Publisher

SEGA

Store Release Date

4 March 2009 – 08:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

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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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: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 31 January 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 4335340

configuration:

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recommended_runtime	native
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controllertagwizard

Yes

First seen on SteamDB

20 March 2013 – 07:42:17 UTC (), in changelist #196282

Supported Languages

8 Languages	Interface	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

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timestamp	27 August 2025 – 08:48:45 UTC

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Steam charts

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1,585 players right now
3,409 24-hour peak
27,559 all-time peak 18 March 2009

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0 viewers right now
12 24-hour peak
3,101 all-time peak

Owner estimations

~3.23 M by Gamalytic
~3.51 M by PlayTracker

Monthly players breakdown

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User reviews history

😎 Very Positive
88.98% SteamDB Rating
32,993 90.7% positive reviews
3,382 9.3% negative reviews

Markers

Date	Label	30-day Peak
4 March 2009	Steam Release	-
26 May 2014	⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Daily Bundle: Total War	-
26 November 2014	⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble SEGA Bundle	-
15 September 2015	⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Total War Bundle	-
10 December 2015	⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Weekly Bundle Total War Encore	-
10 April 2018	⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Strategy Bundle	-
16 September 2022	⇄ Humble Bundle: Total War Classics Bundle	-

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Total War: EMPIRE - Definitive Edition

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