Total War: Warhammer II - PC & Mac (Steam)

Very happy abt it. This kinda fix the problem of the overpriced dlcs

Total War: WARHAMMER II is a huge fantasy grand‑strategy game that blends deep turn‑based empire management with epic real‑time battles full of monsters, magic, and massive armies. Instead of historical nations, you command legendary armies from the Warhammer Fantasy universe — from noble High Elves and savage Skaven to lizard empires and cruel Dark Elves — each with their own playstyles, lore, and strategic twists as you struggle for control of the Great Vortex.

On the campaign map, you manage settlements, diplomacy, research, and battles turn by turn — building your empire, forging alliances, and plotting your next conquest. When armies meet, the game shifts into real‑time tactical combat, where you command thousands of units, dragons, magic users, artillery, and monstrous creatures in breathtaking clashes that feel both cinematic and full of strategic depth.

What makes WARHAMMER II stand out is its fantasy flavor and variety: faction mechanics are wildly different, magic and monsters are major tools of war, and every race feels distinct. You can try stabilizing the mystical Vortex as the High Elves, spread plague and ruin as the Skaven, or carve out a jungle empire with the Lizardmen.

Critically, the game was very well received — earning generally favorable reviews for its scope, tactical battles, and imaginative design — and many players praise its replayability and content richness, especially when paired with the other Warhammer titles in the series.

There are a couple of things to keep in mind:

Some players find the campaign pacing and AI uneven, especially on harder difficulties.

A lot of extra factions and races are tied to DLC — so while the base game is excellent, the full experience gets even better with expansions.

In short: Total War: WARHAMMER II is one of the most ambitious and replayable strategy games around — mixing empire building, diplomacy, fantasy storytelling, and huge, spell‑filled battles into a package that keeps you coming back for dozens (or hundreds) of hours.

GOAT

Uh I am King Larry the Terrible and def worth the amount and I love the CIA

Great Game and much better detailed in lots of game mechanics than the first part of the game! Was hesitating to have it buyed due to its different setup as I was playing till this point of time only Total War's with a bit of historical background instead of fanatsy but after the first few hours in the game I really like it!

Tactical battles are amazing, both in looks and scale of armies, but the thing that kills it for me is the constant pressure to rush somewhere and build armies ASAP, otherwise you get stomped fast. What I relly like is if you have the first game as well you can get this huge map-playground to explore.

Just perfect.

The best UI and mechanics I have ever seen in total war games. Some settings heavily decrease performance without having a significant graphic improvement. Multiplayer battles and campaign.

Such an awsome game used so abusively by the developers. 4 years and still the same price. Millions of DLCs, I still remember when developers used to sell finished games and then maybe 1 or 2 expansions to complete it a year or so later

great game, love the customizations. its a very inclusive game and required hours of careful thinking. anyone plays turn based or RTS game would like this.

its also got a multiplayer function to it where you can invite player to battle with you campaign or not

Good game and you invest in DLCs that can be played when a new game appears ,u can replay it all the time a lot of races and hero's whit emissive story line,when played on legendary it is rly fun
Try it!

Best storyline ever.

The developers worked hard on the unit's physics.

I have a lot of positive point about the game.

I can say that, I'm very happy about this game, because I love the warhammer world.

I really love it! Very super fantasy strategy game! There are a lot of heroes and factions in the game that makes the world of warhammer amazingly enjoyable! Long play time is sure, but worth it. I can only recommend it to everyone, even playing with a friend.

The game plays like every other Total War game but it is set in the Warhammer universe.
The expansions are too expensive but in general an interesting addition to the game.
If you liked Total War: Warhammer, you will like this one too.
If you own both, you can play the campaign of the first game in the secons.

Great Game.
This is an excellent continuation to the series picking right up where the first Total War: Warhammer left off.
The dev's have listened to the fans and created the best game they could improving on the first in every way possible.

just to start off, the game is dirt cheap here. I think steam is still selling it at full price, and here you can get all dlc's and base game for the same price. the game is good and highly recommended. it is a huge improvement from the last game

I would say its a pretty legit game. When I started playing I was so confused but then I started to understand the campaign better and the rest followed. Recommend cause of the variety of fantasy races.

If you love Warhammer and TW you gonna buy both games WH1 and WH2, you gonna get a lot for your money especially if you're buying cheap keys on trusted sites. There's absolutely no reason not to have both of those.

What can I say about this game.
It's really good so far. Better than the first version.
It allows to play on a gigantic map with all factions from this game and from the first one.
I indeed recommend this series of games to anyone who enjoys warhammer.

Total War is an amazing franchise. For those of you unaware, Total War games take place in 2 parts. One part is on a giant map where you control your army; it is like a board game phase where you can trade, negotiate, etc. The other part is the combat phase with RTS style battle. A lot of people are put off by RTS thinking that they have to be very quick with a high APM to enjoy, but that is not the case with the Total War games, where the emphasis is on your strategizing skills.

Going into the game, I was a bit skeptical thinking that this would just be the same as the first one with little additions as Total War: Warhammer was already a really good game, but I was blown away by the sequel. The most notable new feature the special vortex effect is a game changer. The story is that the Elves have broken the Vortex, making it vulnerable, and now all the factions are trying to get control of it for power. To gain control of it, you must perform 5 rituals. You have to complete a few tasks to start a ritual and must protect the location for a while until it is over. But at the same time, the other factions are also trying to perform the rituals, so you have to stop them.

Total War: Warhammer 2 also features some new factions like Tomb Kings, Skaven, Dark Elves. One of them, the High Elves, work very differently from the other factions. They gather influence points, and use it to break up ties between factions. Some players didn’t enjoy this as much, but I thought it was a very interesting addition to the game. The game rarely feels the same in multiple playthroughs with different factions, and always keeps things fresh and exciting.

There aren’t many faults with the game. In fact, I can’t really think of any issues with the game. The game feels incredibly polished. What’s more, even people who don’t play a lot of RTS games will enjoy this as it also has RPG elements from the Vortex quests. They are also giving a free map to the people who own both games that combines the 2 maps. It will have around 100 groups belonging to the 8 races. Again, the custom matches are there with with many options to play around with. You can just enjoy battle after battle with changing scenarios through that for endless fun. The game is also optimised amazingly well! There really isn’t anything to fault in this game!

I enjoyed the game thoroughly. The campaign has a lot of content and many hours of playtime without feeling padded. Plus, there is a lot of fun to be had in custom battles and co-op with a friend.

Creative Assembly could have easily passed off a copy of the first game with a few changes and it would have still been a great game, but they didn’t. Adding new features to the stellar first game, Total War: Warhammer 2 is an incredible game that surpassed our expectations with its high level of polish and fully fleshed out new features. Like the last game, Total War: Warhammer 2 is welcoming to newcomers without losing the depth of its gameplay. It is an amazing game and a must buy if you are a fan of the genre or the first game, and at the very least deserves to be tried out if you are interested in RTS or grand strategy games. Go out and get this masterpiece ASAP!

Reviewer: Michael UG

The best strategy game you can buy right now.
And if you have the first one, global map, all out war !
The battles are amezing, full armies, thousands of soldiers clashing in real time :O imo, Creative Assembly made one of the best Total War game ever !!

Absolutly stunning game, the first one is very good (in my opinion) but this one is also rocks!! If you like total war games, you must absolutly try this out too. Maybe a bit of a harder total war game, like the others.

Well it's a huge improvement on the first one, which was already a really really great game. Especially now, when the combined map came out. With so much potential out there and with future DLC this could easily be 100% game...

almost the same gameplay with the first game but the big difference now is that there is no race conquer restrictions! as most of may have discover from various reviews the game seems more like an expensive expansion rather than a sequel to the warhammer series

Epic game. It is a must for people who played total war warhammer. Far more better optimalised then the first total war warhammer. Better graphics, gameplay, epic battles and that big campaing if you have both warhammer games is absolute nuts.

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