Fun for free, no need to pay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I've spent 170 something hours in it, haven't spent a dime and am in the top 10 for the PVP board.”
Steam review · 173.8 h played ↗
Total War Battles: KINGDOM
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 54%Mixed · 54%CREATIVE ASSEMBLY2015RTS · Strategy · Action
The verdict
A free mobile-style kingdom builder with fun terraforming and simple battles, but slow timers and gold-driven progress push many away. Skip it if you want real Total War.
Great for
Patient casual players who like city building and terraforming in short sessions
Main risk
Long timers and gold paywalls make progress slow or costly, and it isn't a real Total War game
What players love
Terraforming and water mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“you can actually terraform the environment to your liking, building dams to divert rivers and raising the terrain to your advantage”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Nice graphics and cross-platform play
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“it is the closing thing you'll find to play on your phone, and cross over to Steam too!”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Good for short casual sessions
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I play a little battle every half hour during intense study sessions”
Steam review · 56.5 h played ↗
Interactive, simple battles
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Simple to get into, fast and dynamic battles.”
Steam review · 42.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Pay-to-win and gold paywalls
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“It's literally wait 8 hours or spend money.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Extremely long wait timers
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Getting wheat 3 HOURS!?! Deciding to cut some wood 8 HOURS!?!”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Mobile port, not a real Total War
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This is not the Total War game you are looking for.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Shallow battles
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The "battles" are nonsense. You have no real control over your units, making the tactics a joke.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Abandoned, no updates or reset
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“There is no option to reset your play / wipe and start over.”
Steam review · 23 h played ↗
Connection and crash problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“constantly getting kicked off the server because, oops you lost connection”
Steam review · 147 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista 32 bit Service Pack 2
ProcessorCore 2 Duo / Athlon X2 / 1.8 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD4000 / ATI Radeon HD4650 / NVidia Geforce 430 (512MB)
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 32 bit
ProcessorCore 2 Duo / Athlon X2 / 2.4 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsATI Radeon HD5850 / Nvidia Geforce GTX 480 (1024MB)
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows Vista 32 bit Service Pack 2
ProcessorCore 2 Duo / Athlon X2 / 1.8 GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD4000 / ATI Radeon HD4650 / NVidia Geforce 430 (512MB)
Storage2 GB available space
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