Total War: Empire Review – A Frustrating But Addictive Strategy Game
Total War: Empire isn't a new game — Creative Assembly first released it on Windows in 2009, while a macOS and Linux port of the strategy title, set in the 18th century, arrived six years later, courtesy Feral Interactive. Nearly 15 years later, players who missed out on one of the most critically acclaimed strategy games of all time can access the title on their iPhone or Android smartphone, with a redesigned user interface and optimisations that improve the experience of playing a turn-based strategy game on a mobile device.
In Total War: Empire, you're tasked with controlling one of several powerful empires in North America, Europe, and even parts of India, while also engaging in land and naval battles that can be extremely challenging when you first play the game. I've spent a few days with Total War: Empire on an iPad, and here are my thoughts on this popular strategy game.
The mobile port of Total War for iOS and iPadOS is available via the App Store, and it is currently priced at Rs. 1,349; the Android version is much cheaper at Rs. 549 through the Play Store. It is designed to work on smartphones and tablets — but after testing the game, I would highly recommend playing it on an iPad or an Android based tablet. The additional screen real estate becomes invaluable to the experience, especially with the minutiae of the heads-up display and the user interface.
You'll also need 12GB of free space on your smartphone or tablet, but the installation process requires you to have even more available storage (around 24GB). I played Total War: Empire on an iPad (2021) running on iOS 18.1.
You can view the extent of your empire by zooming in and out
Feral has provided a handy list of devices that are compatible with Total War: Empire on the listing for the game on the App Store. If you have an iPhone XR or newer model (this includes the second-generation iPhone SE that was launched in 2020), you should be able to run the game. It is also designed to work on the
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