Can I Run Total War: Napoleon?
CREATIVE ASSEMBLY released Total War: Napoleon in 2010. It is a strategy game, published by SEGA. It offers a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer. There are 71 achievements to chase. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. Over 17 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. At more than a decade old it predates every current graphics architecture, which helps compatibility and limits how well it exploits a modern card. It is not Windows only, with macOS covered too. Critics scored it 81 on Metacritic.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 2.3 GHz CPU with SSE2 |
|---|---|
| GPU | 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 2b compatible GPU |
| RAM | 1 GB |
| Storage | 21 GB |
| OS | Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7 |
| DirectX | 9 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 2.6 GHz Dual Core CPU |
|---|---|
| GPU | 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 3 compatible GPU |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| Storage | 21 GB |
| OS | Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7 |
| DirectX | 9 |
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Setting and environment
Total War: Napoleon places its action in a historical setting, and the player works through a map at national or global scale. The publisher supplies 11 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Total War: Napoleon is demanding
System memory expectations are modest at 2 GB. It targets DirectX 9, an older feature level that almost anything still running will satisfy. Total War: Napoleon takes about 21 GB of disk space.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Total War: Napoleon?
Total War: Napoleon targets a mainstream modern PC: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 2b compatible GPU and 1 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 3 compatible GPU for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Total War: Napoleon?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 2.3 GHz CPU with SSE2; GPU: 256 MB DirectX® 9.0c shader model 2b compatible GPU; 1 GB RAM; OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista®/XP®/Windows® 7.
How much storage does Total War: Napoleon need?
Total War: Napoleon needs about 21 GB of available storage.
What is the bottleneck for Total War: Napoleon?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Total War: Napoleon is the CPU.