Napoleon: Total War


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Napoleon: Total War is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and free-roaming camera RTS and TBS game in the Total War series.

General information

Official forums

Official support page

Total War Center - A large fan site for the series with an active modding community

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Developer website		Collection bundle including all the DLC.
		Definitive Edition.
Humble Store		Definitive Edition.
Mac App Store		Definitive Edition.
Steam		Definitive Edition.

All Windows versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

The Definitive Edition includes the base game and all DLCs.

Demo

A demo is available on Steam.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
HMS Elephant
Grand Battery of the Convention
Towarczys
Royal Scots Greys
Heroes of the Napoleonic Wars
Elite Regiment
Imperial Guard Pack
Coalition Battle Pack
The Peninsular Campaign
Community Reward Unit
Imperial Eagle Pack
Spiral Knights: Imperial Tricorne

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Napoleon\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34030/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Napoleon\save_games\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/34030/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		All game's menus and UIs does not scale with resolution and are super small in 4K.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		No option to invert y-axis camera control on mouse middle-click using the 'Classic Total War Camera'.
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Japanese release.
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation is available from Nexus Mods.

Network

Multiplayer is not cross-platform.^[1]

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play	2	Co-op, Versus
Online play	2	Co-op, Versus

Issues fixed

No sound in-game

Delete script files^[2]
Go to `%APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Napoleon\scripts` Delete `preferences.script.txt`

Can't select high graphics settings

Adjust GPU^[3]
Go to `%APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Napoleon\scripts` Edit `preferences.script.txt` Change `gfx_video_memory` from `0` to `536870912` and save.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Metal support		Added in October 2019.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			Support for 64-bit was added in October 2019.^[4]

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	SpeedTree
Audio	Miles Sound System
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz Dual Core or 2.6 GHz Single Core	2.6 GHz Dual-Core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista/7)	2 GB (XP) 4 GB (Vista/7)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	21 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0b support	512 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.11 (10.15 for Metal version)
Processor (CPU)	Intel 2.0 GHz	Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

Intel HD Graphics 3000/4000, Nvidia GeForce 9400 and 320M require 8GB of RAM.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (34030) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Another grand entrance - Napoleon: Total War launches on Steam | Feral News - last accessed on 2025-08-10
↑ http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?341643-NTW-Sound-problem-%28no-sound-in-game%29
↑ Reddit - The heart of the internet - last accessed on 2025-08-10
↑ Strategic vision — Total War: NAPOLEON updated to 64-bit on macOS

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (34030) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (34030) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] Another grand entrance - Napoleon: Total War launches on Steam | Feral News - last accessed on 2025-08-10

[3] ttp://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?341643-NTW-Sound-problem-%28no-sound-in-game%29

[4] Reddit - The heart of the internet - last accessed on 2025-08-10

[5] Strategic vision — Total War: NAPOLEON updated to 64-bit on macOS

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Developers

	Creative Assembly
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Sega
OS X	Feral Interactive
Engines
	Warscape
Release dates
Windows	February 23, 2010
macOS (OS X)	July 3, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	81
IGDB	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera
Controls	Menu-based, Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS, TBS
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft
Themes	Historical
Series	Total War