Total Annihilation

What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.

Total Annihilation is a strategy, rts and classic game developed by Cavedog Entertainment and published by Wargaming.net.
Released on December 18th 2015 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 3,369 reviews of which 3,251 were positive and 118 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Total Annihilation into these genres:

Strategy RTS Classic Great Soundtrack Sci-fi Multiplayer Singleplayer Robots Retro Atmospheric 1990's Base-Building Top-Down Action Co-op Nostalgia

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8)
Processor: 100 MHz
Memory: 16 MB RAM
Graphics: SVGA
Storage: 400 MB available space

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

Pretty much grew up with this game. One of the first RTS games I played along with StarCraft. Total Annihilation has a lot of mods for units, maps, and other 'races' online. You can build artillery, small strike forces, and have custom "skirmishes" with bots and has multiplayer (albeit a LAN situation, there could be some modded server stuff somewhere). This include mods that up the unit limit to, well, beyond what computers in the 90's were capable of. This game is a bit innovative for it's time. You can actually hide behind cliffs and terrain to dodge enemy fire, to include the wreckage of other units. Long term battlefields start to look like WW1, dragon teeth, troops rushing through defenses, naval / air attacks. This game can get pretty crazy. Definitely under looked and phasing out with spiritual successors such as "Supreme Commander" and "Planet Titans", though these newer modern game successors doesn't really have the freedom and mod support Total Annihilation does. Truly one of the classics as far as RTS's is concerned.

Oct. 2024

We need dlc or remake but only graphic and more buildings and more units !!!

Oct. 2024

This game popularized The RTS genre and is nearly 30 years of age so not really a game to play but it is history so its an important game not to forget.

March 2024

I have played this game on CD for countless thousands of hours. Always came back regularly again and again. Installed new large fields, new units and, as the most important change, increased the maximum number of units enormously. Over the decades, there hasn't been a single game that comes close to Total Annihilation. Of course, there are graphically impressive tricks, but none of them match TA in terms of game mechanics. The best part is that by adding freely available units and fields, the game becomes exactly how you want it to be. As game developer Chris Taylor stated: "My career highlight was making TA. Nothing has ever beat that, as I reflect back on the past 30 years." What else I can say? - I bought this again through Steam out of respect for the creators of the game, even though it's on CD. To my delight, this is a updated version, whose artificial intelligence has also been clearly strengthened from the original. The graphics support at least a 3440 x 1440 screen, so gaming is not limited by the resolution. Music is a matter of taste, but it gives you good memories. TA was one of the first games where the music changes depending on the activity of the situation. And you can see it! It brings its own flavor.

Feb. 2024

By far the greatest RTS from my childhood, still holds up (and runs surprisingly well for a port) all these years later. Looks like it comes with the Core Contingency and Battle Tactics expansions. On sale for $0.99 its a no-brainer

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4.99€

9.3

3,251

118

Online players

118

Developer

Cavedog Entertainment

Publisher

Wargaming.net

Release 18 Dec 2015

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