This is the historical heart of Total War, the grand campaigns that made Creative Assembly's series a landmark in strategy gaming. The hook is its two-layer design: a turn-based map where you manage an empire's economy, diplomacy, and expansion, then real-time battles where thousands of soldiers clash across the terrain in a way few games attempt.
The entries here tour history itself, from feudal Japan in Shogun and Shogun 2 to the Roman world, medieval Europe, the gunpowder era of Empire and Napoleon, and the Three Kingdoms of China. Rome: Total War and Medieval II in particular are remembered as high points. The constant is scale, the feeling of commanding history rather than a single hero.
A games-only series, and a benchmark for large-scale historical strategy.
The Historical grand campaigns franchise spans 10 games in the CrossBinge catalog.
Part of Total War.