7. Total War: Three Kingdoms. 11 best-selling strategy games ever
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- Developer: Creative Assembly
- Year: 2019
- Estimated number of copies sold: 3.6 million
The Total War series is one of the most important series in history of strategy games. The entire brand delivered over 37 million copies – a large part of this number are the sales of Total War: Three Kingdoms, extremely popular in China, as well as the second installment of Total War: Warhammer. The idea for the gameplay remains the same for all installments of the series – a turn-based map where we move armies, develop cities and technologies, and real-time battles.
It's difficult to determine which part of the Total War series has sold the most copies. Three Kingdoms certainly broke the studio's record for the fastest-selling game with a million copies in its first week. It was also the most pre-ordered one. Steam Spy reports that Total War: Warhammer 2 received a warmer welcome, but a free weekend with the game may have influenced this. Fans engage in heated discussions about which of these two games have the largest player base. Perhaps the upcoming Total War: Warhammer 3 will settle the debate?
