Empire: Total War
Empire: Total War is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The fifth instalment in the Total War series, the game was released in 2009. The game, which focuses on the early modern period of the 18th century, was announced at the Leipzig Games Convention in August 2007. Feral Interactive released the game for OS X and Linux in 2014, and for Android and iOS in 2024.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2009
- Developer
- Creative Assembly
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 3 March 2009 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive |
| Publisher | Feral Interactive |
| Platforms | PC |
| Genres | Strategy |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q839088, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Empire: Total War? How long to beat it
Total play time for Empire: Total War is about 99.4 hours to do everything, and around 22.7 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 22.7h | 36 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 78.9h | 34 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 99.4h | 14 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Empire: Total War sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Empire: Total War lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 73ahead of 26% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 51ahead of 89% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Empire: Total War
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Common questions about Empire: Total War
What platforms is Empire: Total War on?
Empire: Total War is available on PC. It first released in 2009.
Who made Empire: Total War?
Empire: Total War was developed by Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive and published by Feral Interactive.
How long does it take to beat Empire: Total War?
about 22.7 hours for the main story, 78.9 hours with the main extras, 99.4 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.