What is known about Total War: Medieval 3
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The strategy Total War: Medieval 3 was announced in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Total War series during the The Game Awards 2025.

The developers promise to create a truly ambitious strategy that will allow players to rewrite history. Players can expect to manage empires and small states, crusades and the confrontation of religions, plagues, and all the characteristic features of the Middle Ages. But the release is still far off.

Since then, not much news has emerged about the project.

Once, the studio Creative Assembly held a live stream in which it displayed the early gameplay of Total War: Medieval 3 for the first time. The developers emphasized that the showcased version uses rough assets, so the graphics and visual details are still far from the final quality.

The Total War series will remain true to its traditions, but it will receive several notable innovations. The most significant changes occurred in siege battles: now troops can be deployed inside towers and keeps, and players will be able to observe the movement of soldiers inside buildings. The developers acknowledge that the camera's functionality in these conditions still requires refinement.

City and fortress layouts have also improved. Thanks to updated engine technologies, the developers were able to eliminate overly wide streets and walls that were previously necessary due to technical limitations. Now, cities feature narrower passages and realistic fortifications, bringing the maps closer to historical prototypes.

The creative director of Total War: Medieval 3, Leif Walter, stated that the game will not include a skill tree and explained why.

In his view, it leads to “a large number of repetitions” and what developers call “templating.” Gamers are forced to choose the branch they like the most and then follow that path without the opportunity for improvisation. By the end of the game, everything turns into a routine.

The creators will focus on new qualities such as personality traits and additional abilities that influence character development. Players will receive new tools, but all of them are intended to be as varied as possible.

Recently, the developers of Total War: Medieval 3 invited players to participate in choosing additional starting factions in the medieval strategy at launch.

At present, the author team has almost confirmed the following initial states:

  • Kingdom of England;
  • Kingdom of France;
  • Rum Sultanate;
  • Byzantine Empire;
  • Kingdom of Jerusalem;
  • Holy Roman Empire.

However, the developers encourage players to think about which other factions could also be playable from the start. A total of 23 states are included in the shortlist for voting, including:

  • Venice;
  • Genoa;
  • Pisa;
  • Milan;
  • Castile;
  • Aragon;
  • Portugal;
  • Poland;
  • Hungary;
  • Bulgaria;
  • Georgia;
  • Scotland;
  • Norway;
  • Denmark;
  • Sweden;
  • Sicily;
  • Serbia;
  • Croatia.

You can view the position of these states on the maps of Europe, Asia, and Africa in the image below.

I hope that, as before, after the first victory in the campaign, a large number of factions will become available for new game sessions. So that it would be possible to choose even those states that are not yet mentioned in the list.

The release date of Total War: Medieval 3 has not yet been announced, but the developers are “almost certain” about the strategy's release before The Elder Scrolls 6.