These are the more tightly focused entries in the Total War strategy series, the ones that zoom in on a single moment rather than a sprawling empire. Each pairs the franchise's signature mix of turn-based campaign management with vast real-time battles, but narrows the lens: the Trojan War in Troy, the Viking-age scramble for Britain in Thrones of Britannia, and Bronze Age collapse in Pharaoh and its Dynasties expansion.
The smaller canvas is the point. By picking one conflict, these games can chase historical texture the grand entries skim past, leaning into specific cultures, leaders, and unit rosters. This is a games-only set, a quieter sibling to the headline Total War releases, and reception has run mixed, with the standalone Saga experiments landing better than the troubled Pharaoh did at launch.
The Total War Saga and single-setting entries franchise spans 4 games in the CrossBinge catalog.
Part of Total War.