Total War Saga: Troy (v1.2.0)

The fall of Troy becomes a sprawling Bronze Age war of ambition, vengeance, and larger-than-life heroes in A Total War Saga: TROY. Set around the legendary conflict sparked by Paris and Helen, it lets you command either the Trojans defending their famed city or the Achaean kings sailing across the Aegean to burn it down. The mood sits between grounded history and Homeric myth: warriors fight with spears, shields, chariots, and crude bronze weapons, while gods, prophecies, and monstrous legends shape the atmosphere. Rather than treating the Trojan War as a simple good-versus-evil story, the campaign gives its rival leaders personal motives, political pressures, and distinct routes to victory.

Campaign turns revolve around expanding settlements, negotiating alliances, managing diplomacy, recruiting armies, and keeping several different resources flowing. Food feeds troops, wood and stone support construction, bronze equips elite soldiers, and gold fuels trade and diplomacy, making conquest only one part of building a lasting power base. Battles play out in the familiar real-time Total War style, with large formations clashing across beaches, forests, mountain passes, and fortified cities; terrain, morale, flanking, fatigue, and unit weight all matter. Each hero, from Achilles and Hector to Odysseus and Aeneas, brings unique skills, quests, army bonuses, and campaign mechanics, while divine favor can provide powerful strategic advantages.

TROY stands apart from other Total War entries through its unusual resource economy, character-focused factions, and a setting rarely used in grand strategy. Its “Truth Behind the Myth” approach interprets creatures such as minotaurs and cyclopes as exceptional human warriors, while optional myth-focused content leans harder into supernatural spectacle. The narrower map and era make it more focused than the huge historical Total War campaigns, but its diplomacy and faction variety still support repeat playthroughs and multiplayer battles. Fans of Rome, Three Kingdoms, or character-driven strategy games will find plenty to enjoy, especially if commanding Achilles or Hector through a war of legend sounds more appealing than managing gunpowder-era empires.