Empire: Total War vs The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

A full spec-by-spec comparison of Empire: Total War vs The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — engine, performance, dimensions, features and price, with the differences highlighted to help you decide.

Specification Empire: Total War SEGA, Feral Interactive The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD PROJEKT RED
Overview
Release Date March 3, 2009 May 18, 2015
Availability Released Released
Developer Feral Interactive, Creative Assembly CD PROJEKT RED
Publisher SEGA, Feral Interactive CD PROJEKT RED
Official Site http://www.totalwar.com https://thewitcher.com/en/witcher3
Age Rating Mature
Gameplay
Genre Strategy Action, RPG
Game Modes Single-player, Multiplayer Single-player
Average Playtime 4 hours 43 hours
Perspective Third-person
Platforms & Pricing
Platforms PC, Apple Macintosh, Linux PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Apple Macintosh, Nintendo
Available On Steam GOG, PlayStation Store, Steam, Xbox Store, Nintendo eShop
PC Requirements
Minimum Requirements Supported OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista™ Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® or greater or AMD® Athlon® equivalent CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP,) 2 GB RAM (Vista™) Graphics: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible hardware accelerated video card with shader version 2.0 support, 256 MB video memory Display: Minimum screen resolution of 1280 x 1024 pixels Sound: Directx9.0c compatible sound card Hard Drive: 15 GB free hard disk space formatted as NTFS Peripherals: Windows compatible mouse and keyboard
Critic & Community Scores
Metacritic 90 / 100 92 / 100
Community Rating 3.8 / 5 (276 ratings) 4.6 / 5 (7,217 ratings)