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CREATIVE ASSEMBLY · Published by SEGA
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Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Experience the brutal fusion of galactic strategy and grimdark warfare in Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000. Take command of iconic factions, customise your war machine, and engage in devastating battles as you carve a bloody warpath across the stars.
Explore the vast battlefield of Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 where each faction brings its unique war machine to conquer or be conquered. Customize your tactics and engage in brutal battles across the stars.
About this game

WAGE TOTAL WAR IN THE 41st MILLENNIUM
Total War’s award-winning fusion of turn-based strategy and colossal real-time battles descends into the grim, science-fantasy universe of Warhammer 40,000.
In the Era Indomitus, the galaxy is aflame with endless war, and every soul’s survival hangs by a thread. Take command of iconic factions, customise your war machine, and engage in devastating battles as you carve a bloody warpath across the stars.
There is no time for peace. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war.

COMMAND FOUR ICONIC FACTIONS
Lead campaigns across the void with four radically distinct factions, each forged with their own unique array of lore-inspired gameplay features, devastating weaponry, apocalyptic war machines, and methods of warfare.
● Space Marines: Genetically enhanced weapons of war, these warriors are few in number but near unmatched in power. Clad in sacred armour and wielding the Imperium’s most deadly weaponry, each strikes with devastating and unyielding precision.
● Orks: Brutish hordes of destruction, they are unrelenting, countless and live for war. Storming the battlefield in endless mobs, they brandish unpredictable weapons and clanking war machines - all driven by the primal power of the WAAAGH!
● Aeldari: An ancient and waning xenos race, who once ruled the stars, but now rail against their certain fate. Swift and elusive, they strike with psychic precision and elegant weaponry, exploiting weakness before vanishing into shadow.
● Astra Militarum: The massed ranks of humanity’s largest fighting force are a bulwark of flesh and steel. Their legions of soldiers' march beneath the roar of battle-tanks and the thunder of artillery, grinding enemies into ruin with disciplined fury and sheer determination.

CUSTOMISE YOUR WAR MACHINE
Step into battle with renowned sub-factions and warlords from the Warhammer 40,000 universe - or forge your own custom army with unparalleled set of customisation options that bring tabletop freedom to life.
● Personalise Your Army: Name your warband, choose its sacred colours, and emblazon its regiments with an array of iconography that strikes fear into the hearts of enemies.
● Modify Your Warriors: Tailor your faction’s combat philosophy for both campaign and battle, arming them with your own unique fusion of devastating tactical abilities, signature traits, and arcane wargear.

WAGE WAR ON A GALACTIC SCALE
Wage war across a galactic sandbox where there is no peace, only war. Expand your empire turn by turn; capturing planets, upgrading fleets, and managing your war economy as you carve a path through the stars to dominance.
Fight to determine the fate of entire worlds. Conquer and develop strongholds, bombard enemies from orbit, and deploy your armies to the ground to engage in breathtaking real-time battles over planetary installations and regions.
And when the threat becomes too great, consider unleashing apocalyptic weaponry to erase entire planets from existence.

ENGAGE IN DEVASTATING COMBAT
Command vast armies of battle-hardened warriors in brutal, tactical engagements across war-torn worlds featuring distinct biomes, battlefield types, and dynamic destruction.
Recruit from a deadly arsenal of faction-specific units, including powerful veterans, elite combat squads, towering walkers, and immense war machines. When the going gets tough, call in reinforcements to reignite your war effort.
Strategically deploy powerful abilities to dominate the flow of battle, from haphazard artillery bombardments to aerial strafing runs and laser-powered strikes. Every impact reshapes the terrain, creating new cover and fresh tactical opportunities.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Recommended
- OS: Windows 11 64-bit
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Press Coverage
Total War: Warhammer 40,000's Space Marines will have to keep the Imperium happy and avoid looking too heretical
One of the significant differences between most historical Total Wars and the Warhammer games is that the factions aren't comparable with nations. In Total War: Warhammer 40,000, the Space Marines and Astra Militarum, for instance, are effectively two branches of the same military... Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Fraser Brown)Press Coverage
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is a sandbox that Creative Assembly will keep adding to rather than making sequels: 'The true experience is the sandbox'
With Total War: Warhammer, Creative Assembly designed a trio of games, each with their own bespoke campaigns, but the core of the series quickly became the mode now known as Immortal Empires—every single faction and lord in one massive sandbox. And that's been a big inspiration for Total War: Warhammer 40,000... Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Fraser Brown)Press Coverage
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 wins best PC game at Gamescom
When Total War: Warhammer first debuted, I was much more into the wargame setting's sci-fi counterpart. This would be cool if Space Marines were in it, I remember thinking, somehow unaware that Total War: Warhammer would end up being one of the best strategy games on PC. Not that my theory was wrong: Space Marines are finally in Total War, and it is, in fact, cool. Just ask the folks who picked this year's Gamescom award winners: it won best PC game... Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Justin Wagner)Press Coverage
I played just an hour of Total War: Warhammer 40,000 and it was the highlight of my year
Creative Assembly dropped a whole bunch of new information about Total War: Warhammer 40,000 at Gamescom this week, and yeah, this all sounds amazing. But what is it actually like to play?.. Read more.Read full article on PC Gamer (Fraser Brown)Press Coverage
The Total War: Warhammer 40k campaign is "the grimdark cherry" on top of a "terrifying cake of death"
We sat down with a couple of the Total War Warhammer 40k developers to find out just how the hell you squeeze all that lore into one game. Read the full story on PCGamesN: The Total War: Warhammer 40k campaign is "the grimdark cherry" on top of a "terrifying cake of death"Read full article on PCGamesN






