Whole Warfare Recreation from 2015 is Getting a Massive Increase Due to a Lord of the Rings Mod

Whole Warfare: Attila lately noticed a serious spike in its participant rely on Steam, and a brand new Lord of the Rings complete conversion mod appears to be the trigger. Total War: Attila initially launched all the best way again in February 2015, the place it obtained a usually optimistic reception from critics, with many praising the sport’s refined enhancements to the collection’ formulation whereas highlighting that it nonetheless felt like extra of an growth to Whole Warfare: Rome 2 than a fully-fledged new entry.

In keeping with respected tracker web site SteamDB, Whole Warfare: Attila has an all-time peak participant rely of 26,346, which it achieved when it first launched in February 2015. Attila‘s predecessor, Whole Warfare: Rome 2, achieved an all-time peak of 118,240 when it first launched in September 2013, and its successor Whole Warfare: Warhammer reached 113,019 when it launched in Might 2016. By comparability, Total War: Attila‘s Steam player count has at all times been fairly a bit decrease than the franchise’s largest entries.

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Whole Warfare: Attila Sees Participant Spike Following The Launch of a Lord of the Rings Mod

However whereas Whole Warfare: Attila has by no means managed to attain the participant counts of its youthful and older siblings, it has simply skilled a reasonably stunning surge in reputation. This surge was first noticed by Reddit person AceOfSpades0319, who posted a screenshot within the Whole Warfare subreddit on December 14 that confirmed an energetic participant rely of 11,147 for Whole Warfare: Attila, which is the best energetic participant rely the sport has had since March 2016. AceOfSpades0319 linked this sudden surge to the discharge of a Lord of the Rings total conversion mod, which hit Nexus Mods simply two days earlier.

Referred to as “The Dawnless Days,” the mod (presently in beta) liable for Whole Warfare: Attila‘s participant rely spike overhauls Artistic Meeting’s technique sport, giving it a serious Lord of the Rings makeover by including new buildings, factions, items, characters, and occasions impressed by J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world of Center-earth. In addition to a full-sized, custom-made Center-earth map, The Dawnless Days mod provides a marketing campaign that takes gamers via The Lord of the Rings‘ War of the Ring, the place they select one in every of 9 factions and embark on an epic journey to both defeat the forces of darkness or lead their reign of terror throughout Center-earth.

Whole Warfare: Attila‘s participant rely has dipped a bit since AceOfSpades0319’s Reddit put up per week in the past, however its numbers are nonetheless spectacular for a 10-year-old sport that is been caught within the shadow of giants since launch. On the time of writing, Whole Warfare: Attila has 8,908 energetic gamers in keeping with SteamDB, which is a substantial improve from the sport’s 3,216 energetic gamers on December 11, the day earlier than The Dawnless Days’ launch.

There is no manner of realizing how lengthy this Whole Warfare: Attila surge will final, however there’s an opportunity it may final just a bit whereas longer provided that the sport is presently a part of the 2025 Steam Winter Sale. These desirous to check out Total War: Attila‘s Lord of the Rings mod can seize the bottom sport now on Steam for $11.24, down from its retail value of $44.99.

Whereas The Lord of the Rings‘ future within the online game panorama is a bit unclear proper now following the cancellation of Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMORPG again in October, Whole Warfare‘s future is trying brighter than ever. Throughout The Recreation Awards 2025, Sega and Artistic Meeting introduced Whole Warfare: Warhammer 40,000, one other bold technique sport utilizing Video games Workshop’s Warhammer IP, this time primarily based on the grimdark way forward for Warhammer 40K reasonably than the fantasy portion of the franchise used within the Whole Warfare: Warhammer trilogy.