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A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history. Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans and Viking settlers clash for control. What Kingdom will you build?

What works
  • Immersive historical setting
  • Engaging tactical battles and sieges
  • Deep political and campaign management
  • Unique recruitment and supply mechanics
  • Strong modding community enhancing gameplay
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited faction and unit variety
  • Some ui and campaign management complexity
  • Ai can be simplistic or erratic
  • Minor settlements lack garrisons
  • Replayability limited by smaller scope

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Strategic Command WWII: World at War

  • Headquarters: World War II

  • Fire & Maneuver

  • Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES

  • Battlestations Pacific

  • Call to Arms

  • Steel Division: Normandy 44

  • Strategic Command: World War I

  • Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Strategic Command WWII: World at War

  • Headquarters: World War II

  • Strategic Command: World War I
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A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Intimacy.

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