A Total War Saga: TROY
Skip · Action · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 32, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 35.1h
- Value
- $0.57/hr
- Reviews
- 72% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 460 1GB/AMD Radeon HD 5770 1 GB/Intel UHD Graphics 620, 26 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Inspired by The Iliad and brought to life through the award-winning strategy game series, A Total War Saga: TROY brings a blend of grand, turn-based empire management and spectacular real-time battles to the heart of the Trojan War.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $7.99, set in April 2026. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 35 in the 5 years tracked, about 7 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 45 percent on value. It is pricier than 92 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 62 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Total War: THREE KINGDOMS ($39.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA ($19.99, scores 28).
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 17 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2022 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 7 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,814 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 884 have a larger share. Inside the two-hour refund window, 43 percent of the 364 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 35.1 hours. Doing everything runs 80, 2.3 times as long.
The drop-off
21% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
259 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 20:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
What can i say? as someone who played Total War games before this one is 100% on of the best! Loved the uniqueness of the fractions, Heroes, Agents and Gods favors, Its a bit challenging at first but once you get the hang of it it will become very enjoyable especially after watching Trojan War/ The Odyssey. My only problems is the fights is a little bit meh Rome 2 did it better and The MYTHOS DLC is pricey for how...
Tried it back when it was free on Epic store and wasn't hooked by it. Came back years later and found myself really enjoying the game. I like how I can switch between a more Warhammer total war feeling with the mythic mode or if I want a more historic feel you can go with the historic mode. There are some things that I personally do not like such as the antagonist feature. I wouldn't be so back if when you got rid...
Boring after about 10 hours. My biggest problem with Total War: Troy is that it simply lacks depth in its strategy. After the initial hours, the campaign starts to feel repetitive, and there isn't enough strategic decision-making to keep things interesting. What frustrates me even more is how the AI behaves. Enemy armies can move around your territory with seemingly no meaningful cost or consequence. Instead of...
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Cite this score
A Total War Saga: TROY scores 32/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1099410/a-total-war-saga-troyReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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