Egypt is dying. Pharaoh Merneptah is old and the great Bronze Age civilisations — Egypt, the Hittites, Canaan — are fracturing under the weight of drought, civil war and the relentless advance of the Sea Peoples. Across a campaign map spanning the Nile Delta, the Sinai, Canaan and Anatolia, ten faction leaders compete for supremacy as the world order collapses around them.

Total War: Pharaoh brings the series back to pure historical strategy. The Bronze Age Collapse serves as the game's central dramatic engine, tracked through the Pillars of Civilisation meter — a world-state system that escalates from Prosperity through Crisis into full Collapse, intensifying Sea Peoples invasions, natural disasters and societal unrest as it progresses. Battles feature dynamic weather that directly reshapes terrain and combat: sandstorms cut visibility, rain douses fire arrows, floods alter movement. Court politics layer on top of the campaign, requiring players to build legitimacy and manage loyalty among nobles to hold the throne. The Dynasties expansion, free with every purchase, nearly doubles the campaign map — adding the Aegean, Greece, Mesopotamia and new cultures including the Sea Peoples factions Peleset and Sherden.

Key Features: • Bronze Age Collapse world-state system — escalating disasters, invasions and societal decay • Dynamic battlefield weather — sandstorms, rain and floods physically reshape combat • Court politics layer — legitimacy, loyalty and succession mechanics on the campaign map • Dynasties expansion included free — nearly doubles campaign map from Aegean to Mesopotamia • 10 faction leaders across Egypt, Hittites, Canaan and Sea Peoples