Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES

Released Jul 2024

Wage total war across the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia in this free addition to Total War: PHARAOH. Challenge the Bronze Age Collapse by building your own dynasty and leading your faction to victory with new cultures, new units and dramatic new battle mechanics.

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Evaluation

Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES launched on July 25, 2024 as a large free update to Total War: PHARAOH, dramatically expanding the base game's campaign map, adding new factions, a Dynasty system, and overhauled battle mechanics. Following launch, Creative Assembly released a stability patch (2.0.2) in September 2024 and a minor compatibility update in January 2025 — both focused on maintenance rather than new content. No additional content has been announced specifically for PHARAOH DYNASTIES. The December 2025 Total War 25th Anniversary Showcase was focused entirely on announcing new projects across the franchise — most notably Total War: MEDIEVAL III — rather than any future content for PHARAOH DYNASTIES. Creative Assembly described multiple projects "at different stages of development," none of which reference PHARAOH DYNASTIES. The game has no unreleased DLC listed on the store, no developer statements promising future PHARAOH DYNASTIES content, and no sustained post-launch content cadence beyond the initial DYNASTIES release itself. The two post-launch updates (a bug fix patch and a compatibility patch) are maintenance-only. All evidence points to PHARAOH DYNASTIES having shipped as a complete, finished product, with the studio's attention now directed toward other titles.

Evidence

DYNASTIES launched as a massive free update to Total War: PHARAOH, adding 168 new settlements, four new major factions, 25 minor factions, a Dynasty system, and over 150 new/reworked units.

news post · Jul 25, 2024 source content shipped

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Creative Assembly's 25th Anniversary Showcase announced Total War: MEDIEVAL III and other new projects. No future content for PHARAOH DYNASTIES was mentioned.

news post · Dec 4, 2025 source development ending

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Developer

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY

Publisher

SEGA

Achievements

105

Platform

Windows, macOS

Controller

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Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP

Action Strategy 4X Grand Strategy RTS Turn-Based Strategy Historical Atmospheric Capitalism War Tactical Rome

About this game

Spanning the ancient world from the Aegean to Mesopotamia and down to Ancient Egypt, Dynasties almost doubles the size of PHARAOH’s campaign map by adding 168 new settlements, new historical landmarks, new victory objectives and more. To traverse this vastly expanded sandbox new Sea Travel Lanes have been added that speed up the fleets carrying your armies, enabling you to raid and invade further and faster.

Dive into four new playable factions: Babylon, the Assyrians of Hanigalbat , Mycenae and Troy. With Mycenae and Troy based in the Aegean opposite Babylon and the Assyrians of Hanigalbat in Mesopotamia, these major factions arrive alongside 25 additional minor factions available for you to lead through the cataclysmic events of the Bronze Age collapse.

Start a family tree with the new Dynasty system. Reign over the tides of mortality and succession, navigating strategic marriages, heroic deaths on the battlefield, assassinations, and the looming mortality of old age to leave behind a legacy that will last the ages.

Wage war with over 150 new and reworked units including cavalry, camel riders and faction specific units such as the Guards of Troy. Challenge yourself with new battle mechanics such as the Lethality modifier which makes both receiving or unleashing a charge or a volley of missiles deadlier and more decisive in the heat of battle.