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Total War: ATTILA

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...

What works

  • Deep and challenging strategic gameplay
  • Immersive historical atmosphere
  • Extensive modding community
  • Varied factions with unique playstyles
  • Complex family and political systems

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor optimization on some hardware
  • High dlc cost and fragmentation
  • Some ai limitations
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Limited multiplayer community

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Total War: ROME REMASTERED

  • Total Conflict: Resistance

  • Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII with Power Up Kit

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit

  • Wartales

More fantastical

Games that feels like Total War: ATTILA but with more imaginative fiction

More competitive

Games that feels like Total War: ATTILA but with more competition against others

  • Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Final Assault

  • Company of Heroes 2

  • COH 2 - The Western Front Armies: US Forces

  • Oriental Empires

More social

Games that feels like Total War: ATTILA but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Blood of Steel

  • Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

  • Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition

  • Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

  • NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension

  • A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Total War: SHOGUN 2

  • Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

  • Medieval: Total War™ - Collection

  • Rome: Total War™ - Alexander

  • Medieval II: Total War™ Kingdoms

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Total War: ATTILA: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy.

Last update: 04/08/2026